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Molecular Biology Basics

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Test your knowledge on fundamental concepts in molecular biology, from DNA transcription to protein synthesis and gene regulation.

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1
What is the function of introns?
Code for proteins
Carry amino acids
Signal termination
Non-coding regions
2
Where does transcription occur?
Ribosome
Golgi apparatus
Nucleus
Cytoplasm
3
What signals RNA polymerase to start?
Terminator
Ribosome
Codon
Promoter
4
What is the role of RNA polymerase?
Replicate DNA
Translate RNA
Synthesize mRNA
Splice RNA
5
What is the function of tRNA?
Carry DNA
Build mRNA
Match codons
Signal termination
6
What is a proteome?
Set of amino acids
Set of ribosomes
Set of proteins
Set of genes
7
What does gene regulation allow?
Protein synthesis
RNA splicing
DNA replication
Cell specialization
8
What removes introns from RNA?
Ribosome
tRNA
RNA splicing
RNA polymerase
9
Where does translation occur?
Endoplasmic reticulum
Cytoplasm
Golgi apparatus
Nucleus
10
Which replaces thymine in RNA?
Guanine
Cytosine
Adenine
Uracil
11
What is the start codon?
AUC
GUA
AUG
UAA
12
What is the function of the Golgi apparatus?
RNA splicing
Protein modification
Protein synthesis
DNA replication
13
How many base pairs in a codon?
4
1
3
2
14
What carries information from DNA?
rRNA
mRNA
tRNA
DNA polymerase
15
True or false: All cells express the same genes.
False
True
16
What is the role of proteins?
Transport and signaling
Only signaling
Only structure
Only catalyzing reactions
17
What is a polyribosome?
Multiple ribosomes
RNA molecule
Protein complex
Single ribosome
18
What is the end product of translation?
RNA
Polypeptide chain
DNA
Amino acids
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What is the role of ribosomes?
Splice RNA
Replicate DNA
Translate RNA
Transcribe DNA