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3 - Control of Gene Expression Flashcards

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The Phenotyoe is…

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Organism’s visible characteristics, due to the way in which the alleles express themselves (the genotype)

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What is Gene Expression?

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The way in which each gene is used to synthesise a specific protein

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Transcription…

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Synthesis of mRNA in the nucleus, from a section of the DNA, known as a gene

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Translation…

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Synthesis of a polypeptide (protein) under the direction of mRNA

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What does RNA stand for?

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Ribonucleic acid

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How does RNA differ from DNA?

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1) it is single stranded
2) it has ribose sugar, instead of deoxyribose
3) it has uracil in the place of thymine

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rRNA is…

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Ribosomal RNA

- combines with protein to form ribosomes

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tRNA is…

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Transfer RNA

  • provides link between mRNA and amino acids
  • contains anticodon, which joins with mRNA codon
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What does RNA polymerase do?

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Unzips DNA double helix at region of the Gene

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What is the primary mRNA transcript?

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The first stage of the mRNA molecule after it separates from the DNA in the nucleus

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What is the mature mRNA transcript?

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The final stage mRNA, once the introns have been removed (with the exons left)

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Translation occurs in…

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The ribosomes (and the surrounding cytoplasm)

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Where is the amino acid attachment site?

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The top of the tRNA molecule

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What is an anticodon?

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A triplet of exposed bases at the bottom of the tRNA molecule

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What are codons?

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Triplets of exposed bases on the mRNA molecule

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What is the purpose of tRNA molecules?

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To provide a link between the amino acids and the codons

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What is the purpose of the start codon?

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It acts as a start point for the synthesis of a polypeptide chain

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What is the purpose of the stop codon?

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It acts as a release point for free not the polypeptide chain from the ribosome

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What does the whole translation process require?

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ATP (energy)

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What happens in alternative RNA splicing?

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When different sections of the mRNA molecule are introns and exons, to code for different proteins

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The Genotype is…

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Genetic makeup of an organism, determined by the DNA base sequence
(The way in which the alleles express themselves)

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