DNA VS. RNA Protein Synthesis

The DNA molecule, with its four nitrogenous bases, is the ______ for all proteins that are made in a cell.

Genes are made of _____.

The proteins that are made will determine what _____ show up in the offspring.

The DNA inherited by an organism dictates the synthesis of certain proteins. Proteins are the link between ______ and _______>

• genotype and phenotype

• transcription and translation

• nucleotides and peptides

• aminos acids and phenotypes

The process by which DNA directs the synthesis of proteins.

• digestion

• translation

• gene expression

• transcription

The expression of genes includes two stages:

• transcription and expression

• transcription and translation

• genotypes and phenotypes

• code and expression

A gene is the coded DNA instructions that controls the production of specific _______.

Proteins are made of building blocks called _________.

There are _____ different amino acids and four different nucleotides.

• 0

• 64

• 15

• 20

It was discovered that ____ nucleotides in sequence must specify each amino acid.