DC Biology Gene Expression & Regulation Review

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What is the flow of genetic information in cells from DNA to protein?

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DNA to RNA to protein

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Term for making an RNA copy of DNA

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Transription

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Which RNA bases would pair with TACGAA in transcription? Options: AUGCUU, ATGCTT, GCATCC, GCAUCC

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AUGCUU

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How can a person's muscle cells have the same exact DNA sequences as their nerve cells even though they look and perform completely different?

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The proteins expressed in each cell are different

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In eukaryotes, DNA is tightly coiled around ____ in chromatin.

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Histones

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Where does transcription occur in eukaryotic cells? Options: Nucleus, Ribosome, Cytoplasm, Rough E.R.

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Nucleus

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In eukaryotic cells, transcription cannot begin until

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transcription factors have bound to the promoter.

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What is the significance of the TATA box in eukaryotic promoters?

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It is the recognition site for a specific transcription factor.

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RNA polymerase moves in which direction along the DNA?

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3' to 5' along the template strand

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A chemical modification of DNA that does not affect the nucleotide sequence of a gene but makes that gene less likely to be expressed.

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methylation