logo

CuriousTab

CuriousTab

Discussion


Home Biochemistry Transcription and Regulation Comments

  • Question
  • The RNA polymerases that transcribe bacterial DNA are


  • Options
  • A. multisubunit enzymes
  • B. only active inside the cell
  • C. interchangable with DNA polymerases
  • D. highly glycosylated in their active forms

  • Correct Answer
  • multisubunit enzymes 


  • Transcription and Regulation problems


    Search Results


    • 1. Each tRNA molecule has a cloverleaf secondary structure consisting of

    • Options
    • A. three stem loops
    • B. two stem loops
    • C. four stem loops
    • D. either (a) or (b)
    • Discuss
    • 2. Most transcripts of protein coding genes are cleaved

    • Options
    • A. at the 3' end just after a poly adenylation signal
    • B. at the 3' end just before a poly adenylation signal
    • C. at the 5' end immediately after a poly adenylation signal
    • D. at the 5' end immediately before a poly adenylation signal
    • Discuss
    • 3. The nucleons of eukaryotic cell has

    • Options
    • A. RNA polymerase I
    • B. RNA polymerase II
    • C. RNA polymerase III
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 4. In prokaryotes, transcription is

    • Options
    • A. terminated by the stop codon
    • B. terminated by a protein called rho
    • C. terminated by a poly A sequence
    • D. terminated by a start codon
    • Discuss
    • 5. The function of the sigma factor of RNA polymerase is to

    • Options
    • A. assure that transcription begins at the proper point
    • B. assure that transcription ends at the proper point
    • C. assure that translation begins at the proper point
    • D. assure that translation ends at the proper point
    • Discuss
    • 6. Transcription by E. coli polymerase occurs in

    • Options
    • A. four phases known as initiation, propagation, elongation and termination
    • B. three phases known as initiation, elongation and termination
    • C. two phases known as initiation and termination
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. Multiple copies of 5S genes, located at a chromosomal site distinct from the other rRNA genes

    • Options
    • A. are transcribed by rRNA polymerase III and the 5S rRNA
    • B. are transcribed by rRNA polymerase II
    • C. are transcribed by rRNA polymerase I and the 5S rRNA
    • D. are transcribed by DNA polymerase I
    • Discuss
    • 8. Transcription of each set of rRNA genes by RNA polymerasel produces

    • Options
    • A. a single 45S rRNA precursor molecule
    • B. a single 5S rRNA precursor molecule
    • C. a single 18S rRNA precursor molecule
    • D. a single 28S rRNA precursor molecule
    • Discuss
    • 9. RNA is synthesized on a DNA template in a process called __________ , which utilizes the enzyme __________

    • Options
    • A. translation, RNA polymerase
    • B. transcription, DNA polymerase
    • C. transcription, RNA polymerase
    • D. replication, DNA polymerase
    • Discuss
    • 10. Transcription begins

    • Options
    • A. at the start codon
    • B. upstream from the start codon
    • C. downstream from the start codon
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss


    Comments

    There are no comments.

Enter a new Comment