Download Microbiology Unit 3 Study Guide

Microbiology Unit 3 Exam Study Guide
Use this guide to direct your attention toward the information to be covered by the test.
(Chapters 8 and 9 in textbook)
16. Which process results in the production of a
type of RNA from DNA?
1. What is the sequence of DNA that codes for
a product?
17. What are the three main types of RNA?
2. What is transformation in bacteria?
18. What is the difference between an inducible
and repressible operon?
3. What are the DNA base pair rules?
4. How would you transcribe the following
DNA sequence? ATA CGT CAT AAG
5. Which enzyme makes RNA by reading a
strand of DNA?
6. Which enzymes cut DNA in specific
locations?
7. What occurs during transcription?
8. What are the steps to obtaining DNA
fragments for gel electrophoresis?
9. Which enzyme reads DNA to make a new
copy of DNA?
10. How has Escherichia coli been made to
produce human insulin?
11. Which term describes uneven ends resulting
from a restriction enzyme’s cut?
12. Which term describes something that is used
to transport genetic material into a target
organism?
13. What are the two most commonly used
vectors for getting DNA into organisms?
14. How does replication of a bacterial
chromosome occur?
15. How is the leading strand in DNA
replication different from the lagging
strand?
19. What are the four ways genetic change can
occur in bacteria?
20. What are the three components to a DNA
nucleotide?
21. Which term describes the three nitrogenous
bases in a sequence that represent an amino
acid?
22. Which part of tRNA matches up with a
codon when bringing an amino acid to the
ribosome?
23. Which enzyme bonds Okazaki fragments
together on the lagging strand?
24. Which enzyme catalyzes the replication of
DNA?
25. Which well studied prokaryote is often used
to make human gene products?