DNA and Protein Synthesis

DNA is copied during a process called ______________ which results in an identical copy of itself.

• Photosynthesis
• Transcription
• Replication
• Translation

Unlike DNA, RNA contains...

• a phosphate group
• thymine
• guanine
• uracil

What is produced during transcription?

• Protein
• tRNA
• mRNA
• DNA

The order of nitrogenous bases in DNA determines the order of ______________ in proteins.

• nucleic acids
• lactic acids
• Phosphates
• amino acids

What happens during the process of translation?

• The cell uses information from messenger RNA to produce proteins.
• Messenger RNA is made from DNA.
• Copies of DNA molecules are made.
• Transfer RNA is made from messenger RNA.

Who is credited for discovering the shape of DNA?

• James Lebron and Francis Oneill
• James Watson and Francis Crick
• Henry Ford
• Rosalind Franklin

What is made during translation?

• transfer RNA
• messenger RNA
• Proteins
• Spanish Rice

What amino acid is coded for by the mRNA UCU?

• Serine
• Arginine
• Glycine

What amino acid would be coded for by the DNA AAA?

• Lysine
• Phenylalanine
• Leucine

A 3 nucleotide sequence of mRNA

• codon
• anticodon