TRUE or FALSE: RNA polymerase begins mRNA synthesis by matching complementary bases to the original DNA strand.
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The sequence of DNA present in mature messenger RNA, some of which encodes the amino acids of a protein.
exons
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They carry amino acids to the ribosome. They act as "bridges," matching a codon in an mRNA with the amino acid it codes for.
tRNAs
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A region of DNA upstream of a gene where relevant proteins (such as RNA polymerase and transcription factors) bind to initiate transcription of that gene.
promoter region
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A region that resides within a gene but does not remain in the final mature mRNA molecule following transcription of that gene and does not code for amino acids
introns
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________________ is the main transcription enzyme. Transcription begins when RNA polymerase binds to a promoter sequence near the beginning of a gene (directly or through helper proteins).
RNA polymerase
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The process through which information encoded in messenger RNA (mRNA) directs the addition of amino acids during protein synthesis.
translation
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The codon AUG is called the ________ codon as it the first codon in the transcribed mRNA that undergoes translation.
START
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It precisely removes introns from pre-mRNA to generate mature messages (mRNA), a process referred to as pre-mRNA splicing.
spliceosome
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Site where translation takes place.
cytoplasm
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The product of translation is _____. The translation is a process in which the genetic information contained in an mRNA is decoded into a specific sequence of amino acids to produce polypeptides or ________.
protein
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The A site in translation _____________ an incoming tRNA bound to an amino acid.
accepts
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The information in a strand of DNA is copied into a new molecule of messenger RNA (mRNA) stops when the complex reaches the ______________.