How the structure of DNA determines the structure of proteins

DNA is ______ into mRNA on RNA polymerase.

• transcribed

• translated

• copied

• reduced

mRNA is ______ into proteins on ribosomes.

• translated

• transcribed

• copied

• reverse transcribed

Which of the following is made of nucleic acids?

• DNA

• RNA

• proteins

• membrane lipids

This contains a sequence of 3 nucleic acids that code for an amino acid.

• codon

• protein

• ribosome

• mRNA

Your DNA contains specific sequences called _____ that code for proteins.

• genes

• mutations

• homologs

• transcripts

The sequence of a gene on your DNA determines _____.

• the structure and function of the protein it codes for

• its length

• the ATGC bases in the sequence

• whether or not the DNA is a double-helix

The process by which a DNA sequence leads to a complete protein is called _____.

• gene expression

• mRNA processing

• translation

• transcription

Watson and Crick are credited with discovering _____.

• the 3D structure of DNA

• the ribosome

• DNA bases

A mutation in a gene will most likely lead to _____.

• an altered protein structure

• ribosomolysis

• osmosis

• tRNA binding

Genes are _____.

• the basic unit of heredity

• usually blue, but sometimes they occur in other colors - no, wait that is jeans

• what contain the information for making our proteins

• stored long-term in mRNA