Transcription Flashcards
1
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Pneumonic
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Clever Thinker Make New Situations Really Brilliant and Lasting
2
Q
Stands for?
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Chemical messenger
Triplets
Moves
Nucleotides
Stop signal
Released
Binds
Leaves
3
Q
Chemical
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Chemical messenger attaches to gene
4
Q
Triplets
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RNA polymerase reads DNA in triplets
5
Q
Moves
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RNA polymerase moves to 3’ to 5’ on the DNA and unzips as it moves away
6
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Nucleotides
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RNA polymerase adds complementary nucleotides to template strand polymerase - uracil replaces thymine
7
Q
Stop signal
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RNA polymerase continues until a stop signal
8
Q
Released
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mRNA released from polymerase
9
Q
Binds
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RNA polymerase binds to beginning of gene
10
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Leaves
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mRNA leaves nucleus —> cytoplasm through nuclear pore