RNA TO PROTEINS

DNA contains the sugar:

• deoxyribose

• ribose

DNA has the bases :

• A, C, G, and T

• A, C, G, and U

• A, C, G, and B

The enzyme that helps a cell to make a strand of RNA is called

• RNA polymerase

• DNA polymerase

• Guanine

A large transcription complex, including RNA polymerase and other proteins, assembles at the start of a gene and begins to unwind the

• DNA

• RNA

• Nucleus

brings amino acids from the cytoplasm to a ribosome to help make the growing protein.

• mRNA

• rRNA

• tRNA

forms part of ribosomes

• mRNA

• rRNA

• tRNA

is an intermediate message that is translated to form a protein.

• mRNA

• rRNA

• tRNA

converts an mRNA message into a polypeptide, or protein.

• Translation

• Replication

• Transport

A codon is a sequence of ________ nucleotides that code for an amino acid

• two

• one

• three

Use the codon chart*

Codon:

AGA

• arginine (Arg)

• tryptophan (Trp)

• valine (Val)