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Transcription (RNA Synthesis)


This quiz is based on the process of Transcription (RNA synthesis).

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1.

Proteins that bind between the promotor region and the section of the gene which is transcribed thus blocking transcription (preventing gene expression) are called :

  Activators

  Repressors

  inducer

  Operator

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2.

A G-C-rich stretch of nucleotides, followed by an A-T-rich stretch of nucleotides is the signal for :

  Rho dependent termination

  Initiation

  Rho independent termination

  transcription

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3.

The base sequence of the RNA strand transcribed from a DNA strand of the sequence T-G-C-A-G-C-A-C-A is :

  A-C-G-U-C-G-U-G-U

  A-C-G-U-C-G-U-G-U

  U-G-C-A-G-C-A-C-A

  G-U-A-C-U-A-C-A-C

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4.

A segment of DNA that includes regions preceding and following the coding DNA ( introns as well as exons ) is called :

  transposon

  cistron

  operon

  retroposon

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5.

Sections of DNA within a gene that do not encode part of the protein that the gene produces are called :

  intein

  Transposons

  Introns

  Exons

  Half-n-half Clue
 

6.

A gene that encodes RNA that functions without being translated into a protein is called :

  An RNA gene

  AN Oncogene

  A quiet gene

  A pseudogene

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7.

The series of three consecutive mRNA bases coding for one specific amino acid in a protein is called a :

  transposon

  exon

  codon

  intron

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