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Exam 2

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

RNA synthesis

Back (Answer)

Transcription

#2
Front (Question)

Protein synthesis

Back (Answer)

Translation

#3
Front (Question)

_____ can be expressed with different efficiencies

Back (Answer)

Genes

#4
Front (Question)

Difference between DNA and RNA?

Back (Answer)

Deoxyribose vs Ribose Thymine vs Uracil Double Stranded vs Single Stranded

#5
Front (Question)

DNA transcription produces a single-stranded RNA that is _____________ to one strand of DNA

Back (Answer)

complimentary

#6
Front (Question)

DNA is transcribed by the enzyme ___ __________ in bacteria

Back (Answer)

RNA polymerase

#7
Front (Question)

RNA is synthesized in the __ to __ direction

Back (Answer)

5’ to 3’

#8
Front (Question)

mRNA

Back (Answer)

Messenger RNA, codes for proteins

#9
Front (Question)

rRNA

Back (Answer)

Ribosomal RNA, form the basic structure of the ribosome and catalyze protein synthesis

#10
Front (Question)

tRNA

Back (Answer)

transfer RNA, central to protein synthesis as adaptors between mRNA and amino acids

#11
Front (Question)

TBP

Back (Answer)

TATA Binding Protein

#12
Front (Question)

____________ _______ in DNA causes DNA supercoiling

Back (Answer)

Superhelical tension

#13
Front (Question)

DNA with free end —> one helical turn —>

Back (Answer)

DNA helix must rotate one turn

#14
Front (Question)

DNA with fixed ends —> one helical turn —>

Back (Answer)

DNA helix forms one supercoil

#15
Front (Question)

Negative supercoiling

Back (Answer)

Helix opening facilitated

#16
Front (Question)

Positive supercoiling

Back (Answer)

Helix opening hindered

#17
Front (Question)

Every molecule of RNA synthesized by RNA polymerase II is capped at the __ end

Back (Answer)

5’

#18
Front (Question)

Eukaryotic polymerase II acts like an

Back (Answer)

RNA factory

#19
Front (Question)

In eukaryotes, RNA is spliced _____ transcription

Back (Answer)

after

#20
Front (Question)

To produce different proteins from the same DNA sequence, some genes have _________ ________ _______

Back (Answer)

alternate splicing schemes

#21
Front (Question)

The 3’ end of eukaryotic mRNA is processed so that a ____________ _________ associated with specific binding proteins is formed.

Back (Answer)

poly-adenine structure

#22
Front (Question)

mRNA is transported out of the nucleus through the

Back (Answer)

nuclear pore complex

#23
Front (Question)

rRNA precursors are processed into _________ in the _________

Back (Answer)

ribosomes, nucleolus

#24
Front (Question)

Redundancy in the genetic code?

Back (Answer)

Multiple codes for one amino acid