Gene expression Flashcards
1
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Central dogma theory
A
DNA -> RNA -> protein
2
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gene expression
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The transcription of information encoded in a gene into RNA and the translation of the RNA into a polypeptide chain
3
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Transcription
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the process of creating an RNA molecule that is complementary to a template sequence of DNA
4
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template strand
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strand of DNA that is used to make the RNA copy
5
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transcription unit
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The stretch of DNA that is transcribed into RNA
6
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coding strand
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complementary to the template strand and is not used to make RNA
