BIOTECHNOLOGY – ON LINE TRANSCRIPTION Go to the site…
http://www.biotechnologyonline.gov.au/popups/int_transcription.html
SLIDE ONE
1. The entire human body is made up of ___________________________.
2. What are two roles (jobs) that proteins can have?
3. DNA contains the genetic ______________________________ that controls the production of these
proteins.
SLIDE TWO
4. List the 3 important steps needed to produce proteins
SLIDE THREE
5. Where does Transcription occur? (what part of the cell)
SLIDE FOUR
6. DNA is stored as a __________________ __________________ (Shape).
SLIDE FIVE
7. Define Transcription
8. Where is keratin found in your body?
SLIDE SIX
9. Describe what the enzyme (RNA polymerase) does with the DNA.
SLIDE SEVEN
10. Name one specific way that RNA is different than DNA (Which specific difference does slide seven talk
about?)
SLIDE EIGHT
11. When pairing DNA bases with RNA bases you must follow the base pairing rules. List the complementary
RNA bases for the DNA strand…
DNA T C C A C A G C G A T A A
RNA
SLIDE NINE
12. What type of RNA did you make?
SLIDE TEN
13. What does mRNA do?
BIOTECHNOLOGY – ON LINE TRANSLATION Go to the site…
http://www.biotechnologyonline.gov.au/popups/int_translation.html
SLIDE ONE
1. Translation is the process of converting the nucleotide sequence of an __________
____________________ into a ____________________ that is understood by protein-making machinery.
SLIDE TWO
2. After transcription the mRNA comes in contact with ____________________
SLIDE THREE
3. How many parts make up a ribosome? (Name them)
SLIDE FOUR
4. Amino Acids come together to make ________________.
SLIDE FIVE
5. How many Amino Acids are there?
SLIDE SIX
6. mRNA molecules are read in sets of ______________ nucleotides.
7. The groups of three are called __________________.
SLIDE SEVEN
8. There are ____________ possible ways to arrange the 4 nucleotides of DNA and RNA into groups of three.
SLIDE EIGHT
9. The possible codons can be found/identified on a chart called a ____________ ______________.
10. In order to use this chart you must follow these rules…
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First base is found on the _________ side
Second base is found by looking along the ___________
Third base is found on the ___________ side of the chart
SLIDE NINE
11. AUG is a codon that identifies ______________ Amino Acid.
12. UGU is a codon that identifies ______________ Amino Acid.
13. GAU is a codon that identifies ______________ Amino Acid.
14. AAA is a codon that identifies ______________ Amino Acid.
SLIDE TEN
15. What is the next process after translation?