Transcription and RNA

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GRE Subject Test: Biochemistry, Cell, and Molecular Biology › Transcription and RNA

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Researchers first identified parts of genes that are spliced out of mRNA and not included in the final protein product by observing that not all of the original gene hybridizes to the cognate mRNA. What are these regions called?

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Researchers first identified parts of genes that are spliced out of mRNA and not included in the final protein product by observing that not all of the original gene hybridizes to the cognate mRNA. What are these regions called?

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Which polymerase is involved in transcribing ribosomal RNA (except 5S rRNA)?

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What approximate percentage of total RNA content in a cell is messenger RNA (mRNA)?

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Which polymerase is involved in transcribing ribosomal RNA (except 5S rRNA)?

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What approximate percentage of total RNA content in a cell is messenger RNA (mRNA)?

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What element(s) do all eukaryotic promoter regions share?

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What element(s) do all eukaryotic promoter regions share?

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Which of the following codons is the mRNA start codon that initiates translation?

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Which of the following codons is the mRNA start codon that initiates translation?

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