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Ch10: From DNA to Protein: Gene Expression Flashcards

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Brings together mRNA, Ribosome subunits, and the initiator tRNA

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Initiation

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Adding amino acids based on the codon sequence

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Elongation

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The End Codon

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Termination, UAA

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3 phases of building a polypeptide

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Initiation, Elongation, and Termination

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“The junk.” Intervening regions

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Introns

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The “real gene;” Expressed regions/coding DNA

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Exons

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This guy is…

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Not awesome

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Transcribed DNA strand

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Template strand

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Untranscribed DNA strand

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Coding Strand

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The Formation of a specific RNA sequence from a specific DNA sequence

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Transcription

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This edits out introns in order to splice exons together. This makes a mature mRNA transcript. Also referred to as “Post-transcriptional processing.”

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mRNA splicing

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These facilitate the coupling of tRNA anticodon to mRNA codon

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Ribosomes

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The “Cook Book”

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DNA

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“The Recipe”

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mRNA

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“The Chef”

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The Ribosomes

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DNA-RNA-Proteins-Phenotype(you) Discovered by Watson and Crick.

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Central Dogma

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Creates mRNA through transcription (initiation, elongation, termination)

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RNA Polymerase

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The mRNA is scythed through a ribosomes and amino acids a are formed. They are formed into a polypeptide chain.

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Translation

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How many “letters” on the codon code per amino acid?

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3

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The type of RNA that is responsible for carrying the “code” from DNA to the ribosomes

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Messenger RNA (mRNA)

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The type of RNA a ribosomes are composed of:

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tRNA

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The Type of RNA that is responsible for bringing the correct amino acid to the Translation site:

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tRNA

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G

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Codons

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“Start codon”

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AUG

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