Percision Medicine Flashcards
1
Q
Steps of DNA to functional protein in a cell
A
Transcription: DNA unwinds to generate mRNA copy of a gene
Translation: mRNA read by ribosomes and turned into an amino acid sequence
Protein folds into functional structure
2
Q
Genome
A
DNA you were born with
Unique series of nucleotides that encode your specific set of genes
3
Q
Epigenome
A
How your past environment has affected the reading of your DNA
4
Q
Transcriptome
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All genes expressed at any time in a cell
5
Q
Define precision medicine
A
Approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle
