1. What is a codon?
2. What is the difference between a primary transcript and an mRNA molecule that is about to leave the nucleus? Name and describe the process that forms an mRNA from a primary transcript.
3. Which amino acid is the first to be coded when synthesizing a protein?
4. Describe what happens at each stage of transcription (initiation, elongation, termination).
5. What is the promoter region? Where is it found? What is its role?
6. What is the function of tRNA? Draw the molecule and label its components
7. What are the purposes of the E-site, the P-site and the A-site of a ribosome?
8. Describe translation i) initiation, ii) elongation, iii) termination
9. At which stages of translation is energy consumed?
1. What is a codon?
2. What is the difference between a primary transcript and an mRNA molecule that is about to leave the nucleus? Name and describe the process that forms an mRNA from a primary transcript.
3. Which amino acid is the first to be coded when synthesizing a protein?
4. Describe what happens at each stage of transcription (initiation, elongation, termination).
5. What is the promoter region? Where is it found? What is its role?
6. What is the function of tRNA? Draw the molecule and label its components
7. What are the purposes of the E-site, the P-site and the A-site of a ribosome?
8. Describe translation i) initiation, ii) elongation, iii) termination
9. At which stages of translation is energy consumed?
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