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What polypeptide would result from the translation of an mRNA strand with the sequence listed below? Use the provided codon chart to determine the amino acid sequence – you may list the amino acids either by their three letter abbreviation or by their full name. You should also identify the N terminus and C terminus of the sequence. For students who need it, the long description for the codon chart is linked beneath the image.    5′ – AUG-UGC-AAG-GCA-UGA – 3′ Accessible Codon Chart Long Description.pdf   

DNA possesses what type of charge?

True or false: Prokaryotic cells need additional molecules, called transcription factors, to bind to a promoter sequence before transcription can begin.

In the eukaryotic cell, after the transcription product leaves the nucleus it must join with a ribosome to continue the gene expression process. Various proteins and other molecules can bind to, or be attached to, the transcription product and can either help with this joining or hinder it. This is an example of what type of gene regulation?

What polypeptide would result from the translation of an mRNA strand with the sequence listed below? Use the provided codon chart to determine the amino acid sequence – you may list the amino acids either by their three letter abbreviation or by their full name. You should also identify the N terminus and C terminus of the sequence. For students who need it, the long description for the codon chart is linked beneath the image.    5′ – AUG-AGA-UCC-CAU-UGA – 3′ Accessible Codon Chart Long Description.pdf   

Which viral life cycle involves only the immediate takeover of host cellular machinery and production of new viruses?

Where in the eukaryotic cell does transcription occur?

Which of the following is true of the leading strand?

Which site of a ribosome is responsible for matching a new tRNA anticodon to the next codon of the mRNA strand?

Define frameshift mutation. Then give an example of this type of mutation, both at the DNA and protein level, and explain what effect this mutation would have on the protein’s function.