Topic 18 Flashcards
Bacterial Transcription
1
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Consensus Sequence
A
the most frequent base at each position in a group of functionally related DNA elements
2
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Promoter
A
the DNA sequence required to initiate transcription of a gene or operation
3
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Terminator
A
the DNA sequence required to stop transcription
4
Q
Operon
A
a set of bacterial genes transcribed from a single promoter and thus expressed from a common RNA
5
Q
RNA Polymerase Holoenzyme
A
Polymerase core + sigma subunit
6
Q
Sigma subunit determines the
A
promoter specificity of RNA polymerase
7
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Three steps of trascription
A
initiation, elongation, termination
