Chapter 15: Q. 21 (page 392)
A scientist sequencing mRNA identifies the following strand: CUAUGUGUCGUAACAGCCGAUGACCCG What is the sequence of the amino acid chain this mRNA makes when it is translated
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Met Cys Arg Asn Ser Arg
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Chapter 15: Q. 21 (page 392)
A scientist sequencing mRNA identifies the following strand: CUAUGUGUCGUAACAGCCGAUGACCCG What is the sequence of the amino acid chain this mRNA makes when it is translated
Met Cys Arg Asn Ser Arg
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What transcripts will be most affected by low levels of αamanitin?
a. 18S and 28S rRNAs
b. pre-mRNAs
c. 5S rRNAs and tRNAs
d. other small nuclear RNAs
15. A scientist identifies a pre-mRNA with the following structure.
What is the predicted size of the corresponding mature mRNA in base pairs (bp), excluding the 5’ cap and 3’ polyA tail?
a. 220bp
b. 295bp
c. 140bp
d. 435bp

A fragment of bacterial DNA reads: 3’ –TACCTATAATCTCAATTGATAGAAGCACTCTAC– 5’ Assuming that this fragment is the template strand, what is the sequence of mRNA that would be transcribed? (Hint: Be sure to identify the initiation site.)
How do enhancers and promoters differ? a. Enhancers bind transcription factors to silence gene expression, while promoters activate transcription. b. Enhancers increase the efficiency of gene expression but are not essential for transcription. Promoter recognition is essential to transcription initiation. c. Promoters bind transcription factors to increase the efficiency of transcription. Enhancers bind RNA polymerases to initiate transcription. d. There is no difference. Both are transcription factor-binding sequences in DNA.
The AUC and AUA codons in mRNA both specify isoleucine. What feature of the genetic code explains this?
a. complementarity
b. nonsense codons
c. universality
d. degeneracy
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