How Cells Make Proteins Quick Check

Question: Uracil pairs with

Answer: adenine.

Question: Alexei Romanov suffered from hemophilia, a condition that

Answer: prevents blood from clotting normally due to the body’s inability to form fibrin proteins.

Question: The amino acid serine is coded by the mRNA codon AGU. What is the base sequence of the DNA gene that originally produced this mRNA codon?

Answer: TCA

Question: Select the statement that is true.

Answer: DNA has the sugar deoxyribose, while RNA has the sugar ribose.

Question: What role does tRNA play in the translation process?

Answer: tRNA carries amino acids to the ribosome and helps form proteins.

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