1. What are genes and what do they code for?

2. Proteins are made of chains of _______________.

3. How do cells use proteins?

4. Where are proteins made?

5. The first step in making a protein is to make a copy of ___________ in the nucleus.

6. What is the function of mRNA?

7. What is the function of rRNA?

8. What is the function of tRNA?

 9. Make a sketch of a tRNA molecule with its attachment site and anticodon labeled.

 10. Name the 2 phases of protein synthesis.

11. Define transcription and tell where it occurs.

12. What enzyme is required to copy DNA?

13. What would be the complementary RNA sequence for the DNA sequence- 5′- GCGTATG-
3′?

14. RNA polymerase adds complementary ____________ to the DNA template strand.

15. Define translation & tell where it occurs?

16. The ______________ moves along the mRNA strand ________ codon at a time.

17. Once an amino acid is joined to the growing polypeptide chain, the tRNA leaves the
_______________ to pick up another ________________.

18. The sequence of amino acids in the polypeptide chain is called the ____________ protein
structure.