Transcription Translation And Bioinformatics - Microbiology An Evolving Science

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Microbiology

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Set 1: Microbial Life: Origin and Discovery

Set 2: Observing the Microbial Cell

Set 3: Cell Structure and Function

Set 4: Bacterial Culture, Growth, and Development

Set 5: Environmental Influences and Control of Microbial Growth

Set 6: Viruses

Set 7: Genomes and Chromosomes

Set 8: Transcription, Translation, and Bioinformatics

Set 9: Gene Transfer, Mutations, and Genome Evolution

Set 10: Molecular Regulation

Set 11: Viral Molecular Biology

Set 12: Biotechniques and Synthetic Biology

Set 13: Energetics and Catabolism

Set 14: Electron Flow in Organotrophy, Lithotrophy, and Phototrophy

Set 15: Biosynthesis

Set 16: Food and Industrial Microbiology

Set 17: Origins and Evolution

Set 18: Bacterial Diversity

Set 19: Archaeal Diversity

Set 20: Eukaryotic Diversity

Set 21: Microbial Ecology

Set 22: Microbes in Global Elemental Cycles

Set 23: Human Microbiota and Innate Immunity

Set 24: The Adaptive Immune Response

Set 25: Microbial Pathogenesis

Set 26: Microbial Diseases

Set 27: Antimicrobial Therapy

Set 28: Clinical Microbiology and Epidemiology

Set 8 Transcription Translation And Bioinformatics

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Set 8 Transcription Translation And Bioinformatics

Question 1

(Multiple Choice)

Free

The process of taking a DNA template and making a complementary RNA molecule is called

A) transposition.
B) transertion.
C) replication.
D) translation.
E) transcription.

Answer

Question 2

(Multiple Choice)

Free

Molecules of sRNA do not encode proteins but are used to ________ the stability or translation of specific mRNAs into proteins.

A) start
B) regulate
C) stop
D) speed up
E) slow down

Answer

Question 3

(Multiple Choice)

Free

The average half-life for mRNA in a typical bacterium such as E. coli is

A) 1-3 seconds.
B) 10-30 seconds.
C) 1-3 minutes.
D) 1-3 hours.
E) 1-3 days.

Answer