11) The enzyme responsible for transcribing DNA is:
A) DNA polymerase.
B) : 1380817.
11) The enzyme responsible for transcribing DNA is:
A) DNA polymerase.
B) RNA polymerase.
C) helicase.
D) DNA transcription factor.
12) Which molecule is the product of transcription?
A) nucleotides
B) DNA
C) proteins
D) amino acids
E) RNA
13) Which process or processes occur in the nucleus?
A) DNA replication and transcription
B) DNA replication
C) transcription and translation of RNA
D) transcription
E) DNA replication, transcription, and translation
14) What is a codon?
A) three genes in a bacterium that are all regulated together
B) a segment of a chromosome that encodes an RNA
C) three amino acids in a row in a protein
D) a three-base sequence of mRNA that codes for a specific amino acid
E) a sequence in DNA that is the binding site for RNA polymerase
15) How many bases does it take to code for a single amino acid?
A) one
B) two
C) three
D) four
E) six
16) If a base sequence in DNA reads GCA, what will be the corresponding codon in the mRNA?
A) CGT
B) GCT
C) GCU
D) CGU
E) ACG
17) If a DNA sequence reads TTGCGATCG, what mRNA will it encode?
A) TTGCGUTCG
B) AACGCTAGC
C) AACGCUAGC
D) TTGCGATCG
E) UUCGCTUGC
18) Which of the following is not an RNA transcript?
A) AUGCGU
B) ATGCGT
C) UACGCA
D) UAGCGU
E) GCGUUU
19) Insulin is a protein that is made up of 51 amino acids. It would have been translated from an mRNA transcript that had at least:
A) 153 nucleotides.
B) 1153 nucleotides.
C) 1530 nucleotides.
D) 300 nucleotides.
20) The genetic code:
A) tells us how RNA is assembled on a DNA template.
B) is a list of all the possible proteins that can be made.
C) describes the mechanics of translation.
D) shows the connection between nucleotide triplets and the amino acids they code for.
E) shows the connection between nucleotide triplets in DNA and their corresponding codons in RNA.
11) The enzyme responsible for transcribing DNA is:
A) DNA polymerase.
B) : 1380817
