5.4- Translation Flashcards
1
Q
What is the role of mRNA?
A
instructs cells in the body to make specific proteins
2
Q
What is the role of tRNA?
A
serves as a link (or adaptor) between the messenger RNA (mRNA) molecule and the growing chain of amino acids that make up a protein
3
Q
What is the role or rRNA?
A
4
Q
What is silent mutation
A
a mutation that has no change i amino acids
5
Q
What is missense mutation
A
a mutation that changes the amino acid
6
Q
What is a nonsense mutation
A
a mutation that changes the codon to a STOP
7
Q
What is a insertion mutation
A
a mutation that adds base(s)
8
Q
What is a deletion mutation
A
a mutation that subtracts base(s)
9
Q
What is translation?
A
the process through which information encoded in mRNA directs the addition of amino acids during protein synthesis
