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For CAMPBELL BIOLOGY, NINTH EDITION
Jane B. Reece, Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Robert B. Jackson
Chapter 17
From Gene to Protein
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Questions prepared by
Louise Paquin
McDaniel College
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Product
The final product of an expressed gene can be
which of the following? Find all of the correct
choices.
a) mRNA
b) tRNA
c) rRNA
d) polypeptide
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Replication, Transcription, Translation
Of the following, which pertain to replication,
transcription, modification, or translation? Each
can be used once or more than once.
origin
anticodon
stop codon
promoter
peptide bond
terminator sequence
P site
tRNA
GTP
spliceosome
amino acid synthetase
Complementarity
The template strand of a given gene includes
the sequence 3′-G C C A C G T A T C A G-5′.
a) What is the sequence of the nontemplate strand?
b) What is the mRNA sequence made?
For each one, be sure to indicate 5′ and 3′
ends.
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Gene Expression
Which of the following is the best example of
gene expression?
a) A frog adapts to variation in its environmental
temperature.
b) Mouse fur color results from pigment formed by
gene-encoded enzymes.
c) DNA is replicated during the S phase of the cell
cycle.
d) The percent of A versus a alleles in a population is
altered by natural selection.
e) Mutation alters the sequence of a region of DNA.
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Genetic Code
These examples
demonstrate the
ability of genes from
one species to be
expressed in a
different species.
This is possible
because of which
property of the
genetic code?
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Transcription
Describe what is
occurring at each of
the stages of
transcription (1, 2, 3
in the figure).
How does each stage
move the process
forward?
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Eukaryotic Promoters
What components form the transcription
complex at a eukaryotic promoter?
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Modification
How and where are modifications made to
eukaryotic mRNA before it goes to the cytosol?
What role do snRNPs play?
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Ribosomes
What is represented at
each of the lettered sites,
and what occurs at each
of these sites during
translation?
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tRNA
On this model of a tRNA
molecule, identify each of
the following:
a) 5′ and 3′ ends
b) hydrogen bonds
c) unpaired regions
d) anticodon loop
e) binding site for amino
acid
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Charging tRNA
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase is an enzyme
whose function is to ___________.
To do so, it binds a molecule of amino acid and
a molecule of ___________.
After dephosphorylation, which two molecules
are joined?
For the appropriate tRNA to be joined to the
amino acid, what must occur?
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