GENETIC ANALYSIS AN INTEGRATED APPROACH COMPREHENSIVE SOLVED QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE ANSWERS

GENETIC ANALYSIS AN INTEGRATED
APPROACH COMPREHENSIVE SOLVED
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE ANSWERS

◉ ______________ combines with numerous proteins to form
ribosomes.
Answer: Ribosomal RNA (rRNA)


◉ _______________ of various types is found in the nucleus of
eukaryotes and plays a role in mRNA processing.
Answer: Small nuclear RNA (snRNA)


◉ ______________ and small interfering RNA (siRNA) are active in plant
and animal cells and are involved in posttranscriptional regulation
of mRNA.
Answer: Micro RNA (miRNA)


◉ Certain RNAs in eukaryotic cells have catalytic activity; what are
these called?
Answer: Ribozymes


◉ ____________ is the synthesis of a single-stranded RNA molecule by
RNA polyerase.

, Answer: Transcription


◉ What are the different types of functional RNAs?
Answer: tRNA, rRNA, snRNA, miRNA, siRNA, ribozymes


◉ The polymerase uses the _______ strand of the DNA to assemble a
complementary, antiparallel strand of ribonucleotides.
Answer: template


◉ The ________ strand of DNA, also called the nontemplate strand, is
complementary to the template strand.
Answer: coding


◉ The ________ is immediately upstream (5') to the start of
transcription, referred to as the +1 nucleotide.
Answer: promoter


◉ The promoter controls the access of ____________ to the gene.
Answer: RNA polymerase


◉ The __________ of the gene is the portion that contains the
information needed to synthesize the protein product.
Answer: coding region