Bio Unit 4-Protein Synthesis and Regulation of Gene Expression

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What happens during Translation?

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The amino acids are assembled and make a protein.

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How many nucleotide bases determine an amino acid?

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3

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What binds amino acids to each other?

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Peptide bonds.

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What type of mutation results in a premature/early stop signal?

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Nonsense mutation.

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What is the monomer of DNA?

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Nucleotides.

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What is the role of mRNA in protein synthesis?

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mRNA carries the genetic information from DNA to the ribosome.

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What is the function of tRNA in translation?

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tRNA transports amino acids to the ribosome and matches them to the mRNA codon.

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What is a codon?

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A codon is a sequence of three nucleotide bases that codes for a specific amino acid.

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What is the process of transcription?

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Transcription is the process of copying a segment of DNA into mRNA.

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What is a silent mutation?

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A silent mutation is a change in the DNA sequence that does not affect the amino acid sequence.