Initiation of transcription — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Eukaryotic _____ help assemble the 40s ribosomal subunit with the initiator tRNA

Answer: Initiation Factors (eIF)

Flashcard 2: Are enhancers/silencers close or far from the gene it regulates?_____

Answer: May be close to, far from, or within the gene (in an intron)

Flashcard 3: The Kozak sequence is a consensus sequence in eukaryotes that _____ the start codon and aids translation initiation

Answer: surrounds

Flashcard 4: What do homeobox genes code for? _____

Answer: Transcription factors

Flashcard 5: Transcription occurs throughout which cell cycle phases?_____

Answer: Interphase (G1, S, G2)

Flashcard 6: Does prokaryotic mRNA have post-transcriptional processing?_____

Answer: No

Flashcard 7: Promoters serve as binding sites for _____ transcription factors (general/specific)

Answer: general

Flashcard 8: Where does protein synthesis take place?

Answer: RER

Flashcard 9: ribosome

Answer: protein synthesis

Extra: 50S and 30S subunits

Flashcard 10: Northern

Answer: RNA

Extra: complementary labeled RNA