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| A unit of genetic material that encodes the information necessary to produce one protein or some other working molecule. Usually DNA; not necessarily continuous; often preceded by a promoter region. |
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| What direction do genes run in? |
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| Genes run in either direction on double-stranded DNA. |
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| What is the Universal Genetic Code? |
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A language for changing DNA base messages into protein structure.
Will require "start" and "stop" mechanism. |
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| What are the advantages of using a 3-base code? |
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| Redundant (several codons for same amino acids), never ambiguous (never two amino acids for one codon), enough variation to cover all 20 amino acids, nearly universal. |
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| What are the mechanisms of the Universal Genetic Code? |
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| Transcription (DNA to RNA), Translation (RNA to Protein) |
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