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One gene - one enzyme
One gene - one protein
One gene - one polypeptide |
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| The synthesis of a polypeptide |
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| The initial RNA transcription from any gene |
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Concept that cells are governed by a cellular chain of command
DNA -> RNA -> Protein |
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Three DNA bases (like a DNA "word")
Along mRNA molecule
Read by translation machinery in 5' to 3' direction |
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| Is a way of dividing the sequence of nucleotides in a nucleic acid molecule into a set of consecutive triplets |
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| Same base-pairings except uracil (U) from thymine |
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The DNA sequence where RNA polymerase attaches
Signals the initiation of RNA synthesis |
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| The stretch of DNA that is transcribed |
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| Mediate the binding of RNA polymerase and the initiation of transcription |
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| Transcription Initiation Complex |
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| Completed assembly of transcription factors and RNA polymerase II bound to a promoter |
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Promoter
Crucial in forming the initiation complex in eukaryotes |
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5' end receives a modified nucleotide 5' cap
3' end gets a poly-A tail |
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Seem to facilitate the export of mRNA
Protect mRNA from hydrolytic enzymes
Help ribosomes attach to the 5' end |
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| Noncoding regions of nucleotides |
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| Nucleotides of coding, eventually expressed |
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| Removes introns and joins exons,, creating an mRNA molecule with continuous coding sequence |
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tRNA
Helps cell translate an mRNA message into protein |
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| A stop codon in the mRNA reaches the A site of the ribosome |
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| Accepts a protein called a release factor |
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| Causes the addition of a water molecule instead of an amino acid |
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