RNA Flashcards

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mRNA does what?

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Carries and copies the instructions from the DNA to make proteins

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RNA is made up of?

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5-carbon sugar

A phosphate group

Nitrogen bases

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rRNA does what?

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Where proteins are assembled

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tRNA does what?

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Transfers amino acids to the ribosome as it’s specially coded messages in mRNA

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On one side of tRNA is? And the other side has?

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A coded message and an amino acid

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When does transcription start?

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When RNA enzyme binds to DNA and spreaders the DNA strands

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The area on the DNA where the RNA polymerase starts to bond is the?

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Promotor

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Areas that are NOT involved in coding for proteins are called?

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Introns

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The DNA sequence that codes for proteins are called?

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Exons

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Each protein contains a combination of any or all?

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All of the 20 amino acids

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Proteins are determined by?

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The arrangement of different amino acids

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