Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Transcription - CORRECT ANSWER -Process of synthesizing RNA from DNA
RNA polymerase - CORRECT ANSWER -Enzyme that synthesizes RNA strand
Transcription factor - CORRECT ANSWER -Protein that attracts RNA polymerase
Elongation - CORRECT ANSWER -Second phase of transcription
Initiation - CORRECT ANSWER -First phase of transcription
Termination - CORRECT ANSWER -Third phase of transcription
Hallow enzyme - CORRECT ANSWER -RNA polymerase II made up of sigma and core
enzyme
Sigma - CORRECT ANSWER -Protein that tells RNA polymerase when and where to
synthesize RNA
RNA processing - CORRECT ANSWER -Process that occurs before RNA transcript
leaves the nucleus in eukaryotic cell
Hairpin loop - CORRECT ANSWER -Structure that causes transcription termination in
prokaryotes
TATA box - CORRECT ANSWER -Transcription factor analogous to 10 and 35 boxes in
prokaryotes