6. Summarize: Describe the processes of transcription and translation in your own words, based on what you have observed in the Gizmo.

Transcription:

Translation:

Microbiologists describe the processes of transcription and translation as “coupled” in bacterial cells. This term indicates that a bacterial mRNA can be undergoing transcription at the same time that it also is undergoing translation.

a. How is coupling of transcription and translation possible in bacteria?

b. Is coupling of transcription and translation possible in single-celled eukaryotes such as yeast? Why or why not?

When we use DNA to code for a protein, we call the process Transcription and Translation. Below are descriptions of processes that happen when we use DNA to code for a protein. Match the description of each process with the correct term - either Transcription or Translation.

1.A ribosome reads the mRNA and builds a protein from amino acids.
2.A copy is made of a gene in RNA
3.The primary transcript is modified: introns are removed and the transcript gets a cap and a tail
4.tRNA carries amino acids to a ribosome
5.The DNA unwinds, exposing the gene to be copied.

Thoroughly describe the collective processes and locations of transcription and translation in a eukaryotic cell.