Molecular Biology - Vocabulary Quiz 14

A protein recipe

• Gene

• mRNA

• tRNA

• RNA Polymerase

A copy of a gene

• Gene

• mRNA

• tRNA

• RNA Polymerase

The molecule that tells the ribosome in which sequence to connect the amino acid

• Gene

• mRNA

• tRNA

• RNA Polymerase

• codon

The molecule that transfers (brtings) amino acids to the ribosome

• Gene

• mRNA

• tRNA

• RNA Polymerase

• codon

An enzyme that makes RNA

• DNA Polymerase

• Helicase

• Ligase

• RNA Polymerase

• Primase

Three consecutive nucleotides on a mRNA molecule

• Translation

• Transcription

• anticodon

• codon

Three consecutive nucleotides on a tRNA molecule

• Translation

• Transcription

• anticodon

• codon

When the protein recipe is being copied

• Translation

• Transcription

• anticodon

• codon

When the protein recipe is being read by the ribosome

• Translation

• Transcription

• anticodon

• codon

The 3 Molecules that ribosomes use to do their job

• Amino Acids, tRNA, DNA

• Phosphate group, 5 Carbon Sugar, Nitrogenous Base

• Codons, Anticodons, Amino Acids

• mRNA, tRNA, Amino Acids