Protein Synthesis and Mutations

Which of the following is not a base found in DNA?

• adenine
• thymine
• cytosine
• uracil

What are the functions of genes?

• instructions for producing proteins
• instructions for producing DNA
• instructions for producing lipids
• they have no function

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What does mRNA do?

• provides information from DNA to ribosomes
• transfers amino acids to the ribosomes
• makes up ribosomes
• builds proteins

What does tRNA do?

• provides information from DNA to ribosomes
• transfers amino acids to the ribosomes
• makes up ribosomes
• builds proteins

What is the process that copies information from DNA into RNA?

• protein synthesis
• transcription
• translation
• DNA Polymerase

What process is occuring?

• Transcription

• Translation

• DNA replication

• Synthesis

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What process is occuring?

• Transcription

• Translation

• DNA replication

• Synthesis

What is B in the picture?

• codon

• protein

• amino acid

• nucleotide

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What is the product of this process?

• mRNA

• New DNA

• Protein

• Polypeptide

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What is the product of this process?

• New DNA strand

• Sequence of amino acids

• Chain of mRNA

• Synthesis of polymerase

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