Protein Synthesis Review

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The hereditary information in DNA is stored as a code of four _________.

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nitrogen bases

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What is a gene?

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a particular sequence of DNA bases that codes for a protein

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Find the amino acid that corresponds to the following codon: UAA

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Stop

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Genes tell the cells to produce _________.

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Proteins

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Gene Expression is the process by which a gene gets turned on in a cell to make RNA and proteins. Environmental factors that affect gene expression are ____, ____, and ______.

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temperature, pH and nutrition

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What are the building blocks of proteins?

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Amino acids

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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 for protein synthesis.

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What is transcription in the context of protein synthesis?

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

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What is translation in the context of protein synthesis?

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Translation is the process of decoding mRNA to synthesize proteins.

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What is a codon?

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A codon is a sequence of three nucleotides in mRNA that corresponds to a specific amino acid.