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CHAPTER 7 STUDY GUIDE
Directions: Answer each question in complete sentences. Some questions are fill in the blank
bubble maps so make sure to write down answers in bubble.
1. What is a restriction enzyme? What does it do?
2. What would be the complimentary strand if a DNA strand was ACTTACATCCGGGA?
3. What are the four nitrogenous bases in DNA?
4. What enzyme is responsible for transcription?
5. Describe the process of transcription?
6. What nitrogenous base in RNA takes the place of thymine?
7. What does PCR stand for? What is the purpose of PCR?
8. What is mRNA? What does it do?
9. What are the bonds between amino acids called?
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10. Transcribe the following DNA strand? GGCCATGACTACCTTTCGAAGGGGC
11. According to this chart, which codon(s) will produce Alanine?
U
A
C
G
U
Phenylalanine
Phenylalanine
Leucine
Leucine
Isoleucine
Isoleucine
Isoleucine
Methionine
Leucine
Leucine
Leucine
Leucine
Valine
Valine
Valine
Valine
A
Tyrosine
STOP
Tyrosine
STOP
Asparagine
Lysine
Asparagine
Lysine
Histidine
Glutamine
Histidine
Glutamine
Aspartic acid
Glutamic acid
Aspartic acid
Glutamic acid
C
Serine
Serine
Serine
Serine
Threonine
Threonine
Threonine
Threonine
Proline
Proline
Proline
Proline
Alanine
Alanine
Alanine
Alanine
12. Which enzymes cut DNA?
13. What is gel electrophoresis and why is it important?
14. What is recombinant DNA? What is its significance?
15. What types of RNA molecules are transcribed from DNA?
G
Cysteine
STOP
Cysteine
Tryptophan
Serine
Arginine
Serine
Arginine
Arginine
Arginine
Arginine
Arginine
Glycine
Glycine
Glycine
Glycine
U
A
C
G
U
A
C
G
U
A
C
G
U
A
C
G
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16. What are histones? What purpose do they serve?