Bio 2 Transcription Homework

1-10-2011

Directions

• Using an 8 ½” x 11” sheet of paper, demonstrate your current understanding of TRANSCRIPTION by drawing the process in a manner that you understand and describing the process using the vocabulary on the next slide.

Nuclear EnvelopeNuclear Envelope

TranscriptionTranscription

Summarize the process of transcription in pictures and labels.

Summarize the process of transcription in pictures and labels.

Include the following terms:

• RNA polymerase• DNA Template• Active Site• Nucleotides• Promoter• Coding region• Terminator• Dehydration

synthesis• 5’ 3’• Phosphodiester

bond

Include the following terms:

• RNA polymerase• DNA Template• Active Site• Nucleotides• Promoter• Coding region• Terminator• Dehydration

synthesis• 5’ 3’• Phosphodiester

bond

AND• Complementary• Transcription bubble• Initiation• Elongation• Termination

AND• Complementary• Transcription bubble• Initiation• Elongation• Termination