Biotechnology 1

Self-Study - Week 3 Assignment
1. What is the product of Transcription?
- mRNA


2. Transcription takes place in the
- Nucleus


3. Which enzyme makes a copy of the GENE during transcription?
- RNA polymerase 2



4. Which one of the DNA strands is the template strand or the antisense strand?
- 3 '--> 5'




5. Which one of the DNA strands is the non-template strand or the sense strand?
- 5'--> 3'


6. In which direction does the RNA polymerase2 synthesize the mRNA strand?
- 5' to 3'



7. What is the resulting mRNA molecule that is formed from transcription of the following
gene?
...5'.. ATGGCTGGAGACTCGATT..3'...
...3'.. TACCGACCTCTGAGCTAA..5'...

- ...5'.. AUGGCUGGAGACUCGAUU..3'...




8. Which of the following is not done during post transcription processing of mRNA before it
travels to the cytoplasm?
- packaging with histones