Molecular Genetics Review Exam Question & Answers 2026.docx

Molecular Genetics Review Exam
Question & Answers 2026
codon - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Group of three
nitrogenous bases - code for an amino acid


anti-codon - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Group of 3 bases
found on tRNA


tRNA - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Transfers amino acids


rRNA - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Makes up ribosomes


mRNA - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Single stranded
version of a gene; recipe for a protein


ribosome - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Makes
polypeptides


amino acid - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Monomer of a
polypeptide


DNA polymerase III - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Adds
new DNA nucleotides to a replicating DNA molecule

, Molecular Genetics Review Exam
Question & Answers 2026
Helicase - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Unizips DNA


telomere - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Protects the ends
of the chromosomes, when they degrade, the cell dies.


Lac 1 protein - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The protein
that binds to the operator in the lac operon to prevent
transcription


tryptophan - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔This molecule is
the corepressor in the trp operon; it binds to the repressor
which then binds to the operator


transcription - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The process
where mRNA is produced


translation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The process
where a protein is produced from an mRNA recipe


spliceosome - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A protein that
removes introns from mRNA