Vocabulary Review Chapter 10

Ribonucleic

Like DNA, ______ acid (RNA) is a molecule made of nucleotides linked together.

Polymerase

RNA ____ is an enzyme involved in transcription.

Messenger

The type of RNA that carries the instructions for making a protein from a gene to the site of translation is called ____ RNA.

Gene

The entire process by which proteins are made is called ______ expression.

Transcription

The process for transferring a gene's instructions for making a protein to an mRNA molecule is called ______.

Codon

A three-nucleotide sequence on the mRNA that specifies an amino acid or "start" or "stop" signal is a______.

Operator

A piece of DNA that serves as an on-off switch for transcription is an ________.

Intron

A long segment of nucleotides on a eukaryotic gene that has no coding information is an ______.

Repressor

A protein that binds to an operator and inhibits transcription is known as ______.

Exon

A portion of a eukaryotic gene that is translated is an ______.

Translation

A process that puts together the amino acids that make up a protein is known as ______.

Anticodon

A three-nucleotide sequence on a tRNA that is complementary to one of the codons of the genetic code is an ______.

Ribosomal

RNA molecules that are part of the structure of ribosomes are called ______ RNA.

Transfer

RNA molecules that temporarily carry a specific amino acid on one end are called ______ RNA.

Genetic

The _______ code specifies the amino acids and "start' and "stop" signals with their codon.

Operon

The collective name for a group of genes involved in the same function, their promoter site, and their operator is _______.