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gene organisation, transcription and regulation Flashcards

DNA versus RNA: explain the basic differences between DNA and RNA, explain what is meant by transcription

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DNA

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thymine, deoxyribose sugar

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RNA

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uracil, ribose sugar

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transcription definition

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process where nucleotide information in DNA is copied into RNA

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antisense strand

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acts as template for transcription (contains introns and exons); complimentary to the protein product produced

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sense/coding strand

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strand that runs in the same base sequence as the mRNA product

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why transcription

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all cells have full genome, but different genes are expressed (specialisation); housekeeping genes always expressed

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