Transcription

Question 1

Genetic information flows through cell

Answer 1

central dogma

Question 2

-structurally similar
-both nucleic acid
-both are linear, unbranched, asymmetric polymers of nucleotides

Answer 2

RNA and DNA

Question 3

DNA:
Bases

Answer 3

Adenine
Guanine
Cytosine
Thymine

Question 4

RNA: Bases

Answer 4

Adenine
Guanine
Cytosine
Uracil

Question 5

RNA synthesis under the direction of a DNA template

Answer 5

Transcription

Question 6

Transcription is divided into 3 steps

Answer 6

Initiation
Elongation
Termination

Question 7

Catalyzes the addition of complementary ribonucleotides to growing RNA chain

Answer 7

RNA polymerase

Question 8

Specific DNA sequence at 5’ end of gene where RNA polymerase binds

Answer 8

Promoter

Question 9

DNA sequence that is transcribed

Answer 9

Transcription Unit

Question 10

Opposite direction

Answer 10

Upstream

Question 11

Initiation:
Formed when RNA polymerase and associated transcription factors bind to the promoter

Answer 11

Transcription initiation complex

Question 12

DNA strand that is copied

Answer 12

Template Strand