DNA & Protein Synthesis Review

For the following sequence, what would be the complementary DNA strand?

GCGACC

• CGCUGG

• GCGACC

• CGCTCC

• None of the above

The sequence of one DNA strand is TCCATG. What is the sequence of the complementary strand?

• AGGTAC

• TCCATG

• AGGUAC

• GTACCT

Where does DNA replication occur?

• Mitochondria

• Cytoplasm

• Nucleus

• Ribosome

What amino acid is based on the codon UGC?

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• Arg

• Pro

• Cys

• Leu

What amino acid is based on the codon UUA?

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• Arg

• Leu

• Glu

• Ser

What type of RNA makes up the ribosome?

• rRNA

• tRNA

• uRNA

• mRNA

mRNA codons are read in groups of ___ nitrogen bases.

• one

• two

• three

• four

In DNA, cytosine (C) is base paired with ___.

• guanine

• thymine

• adenine

• uracil

In a DNA-DNA molecule, Thymine (T) is base-paired with ___.

• Adenine

• Guanine

• Cytosine

• Uracil

What happens during translation?

• Copies of DNA are made

• tRNA uses information from mRNA to produce amino acid chains (proteins)

• mRNA is made from DNA

• tRNA is made from mRNA