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RNA – Final Exam Study Guide: Structure, Function & Protein Synthesis
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what is RNA - ANS ✔✔ribonucleic acid

polymer of rna nucleotides

single stranded

4 bases: uracil, adenine, cytosine, guanine

brings about formation of a protein coded for by DNA of a particular gene



What is the central dogma of molecular biology? - ANS ✔✔information is transferred from
triplet code in DNA (replication) to codons in mRNA (transcription in nucleus) to proteins and
amino acids (translation to cytoplasm)

that determines structure and function



What replaces thymine in RNA? - ANS ✔✔Uracil (U)



what is messenger RNA (mRNA)? - ANS ✔✔takes genetic message from DNA in nucleus to
ribosomes in cytoplasm.



What is an anticodon? - ANS ✔✔the tRNA complement to the mRNA codon



What is a codon? - ANS ✔✔group of 3 mRNA bases



parts of a structural gene - ANS ✔✔transcribed region: contains info that specifies an amino
acid sequence

regulatory sequence: site for binding of regulatory proteins, influences rate of transcription and
found in a variety of locations

promoter: site for rna polymer binding signals start of transcription

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