RNA Flashcards
mRNA does what?
Carries and copies the instructions from the DNA to make proteins
RNA is made up of?
5-carbon sugar
A phosphate group
Nitrogen bases
rRNA does what?
Where proteins are assembled
tRNA does what?
Transfers amino acids to the ribosome as it’s specially coded messages in mRNA
On one side of tRNA is? And the other side has?
A coded message and an amino acid
When does transcription start?
When RNA enzyme binds to DNA and spreaders the DNA strands
The area on the DNA where the RNA polymerase starts to bond is the?
Promotor
Areas that are NOT involved in coding for proteins are called?
Introns
The DNA sequence that codes for proteins are called?
Exons
Each protein contains a combination of any or all?
All of the 20 amino acids
Proteins are determined by?
The arrangement of different amino acids