1. JEOPARDY #2 DNA and RNA Chapter 12 S2C06 Jeopardy Review

2. Gene Regulation
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Lac operon
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3. Gene Regulation 100
Place on the lac operon you would expect see a repressor attached
A: What is the operator ?
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4. Gene Regulation 200
Tell one kind of regulatory DNA sequence seen in eukaryotic BUT NOT prokaryotic DNA
A: TATA boxes, hox genes, enhancer regions, ?
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5. Gene Regulation 300
Series of genes that controls development and differentiation in embryos
A: What are hox genes?
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6. Gene Regulation 400
Name the place on DNA where RNA polymerase attaches to start transcription
A: promoter
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7. Gene Regulation 500
When lactose is present and glucose is not, what molecule binds to the repressor protein to turn on the lac operon?
A: lactose binds to the repressor and keeps it away from the operator
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8. Vocabulary 100 Subunits used to make proteins
A: What are amino acids ?
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9. Vocabulary 200 DNA → RNA A: What is transcription?
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10. Vocabulary 300
Sequence of DNA that is NOT involved in coding for a protein which is cut out of the m-RNA molecule before it is read by the ribosomes
A: What are introns ?
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11. Vocabulary 400
Molecule that binds to the operator region of an operon and “turns the gene off”
A: What is a repressor ?
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12. Vocabulary 500 A: What is a nucleosome?
Beadlike structure formed by coiling DNA around histone proteins that pack together to form chromosomes
A: What is a nucleosome?
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13. What do the genes found in the lac operon do?
A: What is digest lactose?
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14. Region of the lac operon where the repressor binds
A: What is operator ?
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15. Lac operon 300 A: What is: OFF ?
If glucose is present, the lac operon is turned _________
ON OFF
A: What is: OFF ?
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16. Lac operon 400
What prevents RNA polymerase from transcribing the lac genes when the operon is turned off ?
A: What is Repressor molecule attached to operator blocks RNA Polymerase from attaching?
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17. Name the two binding sites on the repressor protein.
Lac operon 500
Name the two binding sites on the repressor protein.
The repressor protein can bind to the operator or to lactose
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18. Transcription 100 Which of the following shows transcription?
RNA→ proteins DNA→ DNA DNA → RNA
A: What is DNA → RNA?
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19. Transcription 200 Name the kind of RNA that would have a codon
A: What is mRNA?
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20. Transcription 300
Place in the cell where transcription and mRNA editing take place
A: What is the nucleus?
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21. Transcription 400
Sequences of DNA that are NOT cut out of the corresponding RNA molecule and are expressed
A: What are exons ?
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22. Transcription 500 Give the RNA message for this piece of DNA:
G T C A C T
A: What is: C A G U G A ?
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23. Another name for a protein
Translation 100
Another name for a protein
A: What is a polypeptide?
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24. Tell what kind of molecules combine with rRNA to make ribosomes
Translation 200
Tell what kind of molecules combine with rRNA to make ribosomes
A: What is proteins?
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25. Translation 300 A: What is Tell the 2 ANTICODONS for this mRNA?
A G U U U G
Tell the 2 ANTICODONS for this mRNA?
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26. Which amino acid does the codon CCA code for?
Translation 400
Which amino acid does the codon CCA code for?
A: What is PROLINE?
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27. Translation 500 A: What is G U A ?
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Translation 500
Give the mRNA codon this tRNA would match
VALINE
A: What is G U A ?
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