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Chapter 11.2 Notes
RNA and Protein
RNA
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Contains the sugar ______________ and the base __________________
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Usually is ___________________ stranded
Differences between DNA and RNA
Messenger RNA (_________________)
_____________ strands of RNA ____________________________ that are formed
______________________________ to one strand of DNA
Ribosomal RNA (_____________)
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Associates with _____________ to form _______________________ in the cytoplasm
Transfer RNA (______________)
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______________ segments of RNA nucleotides that transport ______________ _____________
to the _______________________
Transcription
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In the _______________, enzymes make an __________ copy of a portion of a __________
strand in this process
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DNA is ____________________ in the nucleus and RNA polymerase binds to a specific section
where an mRNA will be synthesized
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_______________________ results in the formation of one ___________-stranded _________
molecule
RNA Processing
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Not all nucleotides in DNA code for __________________
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______________ will contain other ____________________ nucleotide sequences
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Noncodeing sequences are called __________________.
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_____________________ pieces of DNA that serve as the __________________ sequences are
called ______________ (because they are _______________________)
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The ________________ are taken out of the ___________ before it leaves the ______________
The Code
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Experiments during the _____________ demonstrated that the __________ code was a
___________-base code.
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The three-base code in __________ or ______________ is called a ______________.
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A code is needed to convert the language of mRNA into the language of _____________
__________, and then ____________________
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There are _______ amino acids, but only____ mRNA bases
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_____ combinations are possible when a sequence of 3 bases is used
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Most of the bases code for an _____________ acid, but some code for __________________
and ______________________ the chain.
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________ is a _________ codon and _________ is a ____________ codon
Translation
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____________________ – the process of ________________________ the info in a sequence
of nitrogenous ______________ in mRNA into a sequence of amino acids in _______________
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At the middle of the folded strand of __________, there is a ___________-base coding
sequence called the _____________________.
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Each anticodon is _________________________ to a codon on the ________________.