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Genetics

front 1

What differentiates a eukaryotic mRNA strand from its precursor RNA?
A. Introns are spliced out
B. Exons are spliced out
C. Methylation and other epigenetic factors are manipulated
D. There is no difference

back 1

A. Introns are spliced out

front 2

T/F: 5’ to 3’ of mRNA corresponds to N-to-C terminus in polypeptides
A. True
B. False

back 2

A. True

front 3

List other names for the non-template strand of DNA.

back 3

Coding strand, RNA-like strand, sense strand

front 4

Which two are the correct pairings of promotes sequences and their locations?
A. TATAAT (Pribnow box), -35 bp
B. TATAAT (Pribnow box), -10 bp
C. TTGACA, -35 bp
D. TTGACA, -10 bp

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B. TATAAT (Pribnow box), -10 bp
C. TTGACA, -35 bp

front 5

If the template strand of DNA is 5’ATTGGTAGCT3’, what is the sense strand? What is the resulting mRNA strand?

back 5

Sense strand: 5’AGCTACCAAT3’
mRNA: 5’AGCAUGGAAU3’

front 6

Which of the following is NOT true about sigma factors?
A. Eukaryotic RNA Polymerase recognizes it
B. It recognizes certain specific sequences on the promoter
C. It signals the start of transcription
D. It is required by RNA polymerase to bind to the DNA sequence

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A. Eukaryotic RNA Polymerase recognizes it

front 7

T/F: Promotors can vary in strength
A. True
B. False

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A. True

front 8

Which of the following is NOT true regarding initiation of prokaryotic transcription?
A. Sigma factor identifies the promotor region, allowing RNA polymerase
holoenzyme to bind to promoter
B. RNA polymerase holoenzyme unwinds the DNA to make a transcription
bubble
C. Sigma factor remains bound to the RNA polymerase complex throughout the transcription process
D. All of the above are true

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C. Sigma factor remains bound to the RNA polymerase complex throughout the transcription process

front 9

T/F: Only one RNA polymerase can bind to a particular DNA strand at a time.
A. True
B. False

back 9

B. False

front 10

Describe Rho-dependent termination of prokaryotic transcription.

back 10

- Rho factor binds to the rut site on RNA transcript and moves towards 3’ end of the transcript
- RNA polymerase reached the termination sequence and pauses transcription
- Rho factor catches up and uses helices like activity to cleave the DNA-RNA hybrid ending transcription

front 11

T/F: Both Rho independent and dependent termination involve reaching a
transcription sequence roughly 40 nucleotides long.
A. True
B. False

back 11

A. True

front 12

Which of the following is true regarding Rho-independent termination of prokaryotic
transcription
A. The DNA sequence being transcribed contains inverted repeats
B. The RNA molecule forms a hairpin structure
C. There is usually a polyA sequence following the inverted repeats on teh DNA
strand
D. All of the above are true

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D. All of the above are true

front 13

T/F: Eukaryotic mRNA is usually polycistronic in nature
A. True
B. False

back 13

B. False

front 14

Which of the following is FALSE regarding eukaryotic transcription?
A. In addition to core promoter sequences, eukaryotic DNA also contains
regulatory promoter sequences and enhancers and silencers which regulate
transcription rate.
B. The core promoter is located at the -10 region
C. There are 5 types of RNA polymerases in eukaryotes
D. RNA Polymerase II is mainly responsible for mRNA synthesis in eukaryotes

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B. The core promoter is located at the -10 region

front 15

Which of the following is true regarding eukaryotic transcription?
A. Multiple transcription factors bind to RNA Polymerase II
B. TATA box binding protein (TBP), which is contained within TFIID is crucial for
the identification and binding of RNA Polymerase to the core promoter.
C. After 30 bp, RNA polymerase continues transcription without the rest of its
machinery
D. All of the above are true

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D. All of the above are true

front 16

Describe how RNA Polymerases I-III terminate transcription in Eukaryotes:

back 16

I: requires a termination factor similar to rho. Binds to DNA here NOT RNA!!

ll:Termination of transcription has no specific sequences.
cleavage takes place at 3’ end of pre-mRNA (while transcription is still going on)
Rat1 exonuclease starts to degrade mRNA sequence still on DNA
Rat1 reaches RNA polymerase and transcription is stopped

III: ends transcription after terminator sequence w/multiple Us

front 17

Which FOUR statements below are correct?
A. Both prokaryotic and eukaryotic mRNAs have a 5’ cap
B. Only prokaryotic mRNAs are polyadenylated at the 3’ end
C. In prokaryotes, transcription is coupled to translation
D. Editing of the nucleotides in the pre-mRNA strand is possible and would
change resulting amino acid sequence

E. In Eukaryotes, RNA splicing occurs after the mRNA is transported into the
cytoplasm
F. RNA splicing requires the formation of a spliceosome
G. Both prokaryotic and eukaryotic mRNAs are synthesized by RNA
polymerase

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C. In prokaryotes, transcription is coupled to translation
D. Editing of the nucleotides in the pre-mRNA strand is possible and would
change resulting amino acid sequence

F. RNA splicing requires the formation of a spliceosome
G. Both prokaryotic and eukaryotic mRNAs are synthesized by RNA
polymerase

front 18

T/F: In eukaryotes, one pre-mRNA strand can only result in one protein.
A. True
B. False

back 18

B. False - alternative splicing!

front 19

T/F: The promotor region is located downstream of the transcription start site?
A. True
B. False

back 19

B. False - upstream!

front 20

T/F: mRNA is transcribed from the sense strand of DNA, making the two
complementary.
A. True
B. False

back 20

B. False - antisense!

front 21

Carefully read the following double stranded DNA. Locate the consensus sequence in
these strands and then answer the following questions.
5’ GCATTATAGCCAAATCTTCAGA 3'
3’ CGTAATATCGGTTTAGAAGTCT 5’

21. What is this consensus sequence called?

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Pribnow Box

front 22

Carefully read the following double stranded DNA. Locate the consensus sequence in
these strands and then answer the following questions.
5’ GCATTATAGCCAAATCTTCAGA 3'
3’ CGTAATATCGGTTTAGAAGTCT 5’

22. Is this DNA prokaryotic or eukaryotic?

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Prokaryotic

front 23

Carefully read the following double stranded DNA. Locate the consensus sequence in
these strands and then answer the following questions.
5’ GCATTATAGCCAAATCTTCAGA 3'
3’ CGTAATATCGGTTTAGAAGTCT 5’

23. Where is it located relative to the start of transcription?

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10 Nucleotides upstream

front 24

24. What is this sequence’s equivalent in either prokaryotes or eukaryotes?

back 24

TATA box

front 25

25. Which of the following causes DNA and RNA to separate during Rho dependent
termination?
A. Rho’s exonuclease activity
B. Rho’s helicase activity
C. The A-U bond breaks
D. RNA Polymerase cleaves the mRNA off

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B. Rho’s helicase activity