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Protein Synthesis Questions
Prentice Hall Biology Chapter 12
1. Summarize Griffith’s experiment, defining transformation,
and concluding what he discovered.
2. What is a common animal biologists study to figure out
genetic information?
3. Name the two scientists who concluded that DNA is the
genetic material in chromosomes. How did they do it?
4. What are genes?
5. What 3 things make up a nucleotide?
6. Name the four different bases that make up each
nucleotide. Bonus – What is Chargaff’s Rule?
7. List the 3 differences between DNA and RNA. What are
the 3 types of RNA?
8. Can DNA leave the nucleus to get the message to the
ribosomes?
9. How does the code for a particular protein get to the
ribosome?
10. What is the function of the tRNA?
11. How process produces RNA?
12. What is translation? List the 4 steps of translation.
13. If an mRNA had the following code, what string of amino
acids would be formed? Use Figure 12-17 to help you.
GCUCCUAGAUCAUAA
14. How many different amino acids are there?
15. Read section 12-4 Mutations!!!!!
Genetic Code: What is it?
DNA C
G
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C
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T
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C
T
G
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A
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A
A
T
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The series of nitrogenous bases read in groups of three (called codons or
triplets). Each mRNA codon codes for a specific amino acid. (See Pg. 303)