Transcription/translation — Flashcards

Which nucleotide triphosphate is used in the translocation of tRNA? _____

mRNA directs ribosomal synthesis of _____, which contains a signal peptide, the A and B chains of insulin, and a connecting peptide (insulin synthesis)

A(n) Northern blot is used to analyze _____

Promoters serve as binding sites for _____ transcription factors

Hint: general/specific

The _____ is the site where RNA polymerase II and general transcription factors bind to DNA upstream from a gene locus

What process takes RNA and makes protein? _____

Steroid receptors are specific transcription factors that bind to _____ to cause a steroid response

One post-transcriptional modification is the addition of a(n) _____ at the 3' end

Histone _____ usually activates DNA transcription

Transcription occurs throughout which cell cycle phases? _____