Splicing Flashcards

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1
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what do eucaryotic genes have

A

introns (non-coding sequences)

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2
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what does splicing do

A

cuts intons out of the mRNA prior to translation

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3
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what does a prokaryotic gene have

A

coding regions

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4
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what does an eukaryotic gene have

A

coding regions and non-coding regions

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5
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what occurs in protein synthesis in procaryotes

A

bacterial gene has a single nucleotide sequence that encodes the amino acid sequence of a protein. Translation can begin at once (often before transcription of mRNA is complete)

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6
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what recognises the special sequences that the signals in the DNA sequence determines where splicing occurs

A

small ribonucleotides snRNPs

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7
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where does splicing occur

A

eucaryotes (bacteria)

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8
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what is alternate splicing

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splicing out different exons results in different proteins from the same gene

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