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RNA is the________between genes and proteins for which they code

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Intermediate

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Transcription

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The synthesis of RNA under the direction of DNA

Produces mRNA-messenger RNA

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Translation

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Is the synthesis of a polypeptide which occurs under the direction of mRNA

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Ribosomes

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Are the sites of translation

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DNA template strand

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A T and CG

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Transcription mRNA strand

Codon

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UA and GC

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Translation proteins

amino acid Strand

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Specific proteins

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Eukaryotic cells ________ RNA after transcription.

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Modify

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Enzymes in the eukaryotic nucleus modify pre-mRNA before

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The genetic messages are dispatched to the cytoplasm

Some interior parts of the molecule are cut out and the other parts spliced together

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Most eukaryotic genes and their RNA transcript have long non-coding stretches of…

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Nucleotides that lie between coding regions

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Intervening sequences or Intron’s

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Non-coding regions

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Exons

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Other region then intron

it’s called Exon because they are eventually expressed, usually translated into amino acid sequences

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RNA splicing

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Removes Intron’s and joins exons creating an mRNA molecule with the continuous coding sequence

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Alternative RNA splicing

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Some genes can encode more than one kind of polypeptide depending on which segments are treated as exons during RNA splicing

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Transfer RNA a.k.a. tRNA

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A cell translates an mRNA message into protein with the help of tRNA
Molecules of tRNA are not identical

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Each TRNA carriers A specific amino acid on one end and an ______ on the other end ;the anti-codon base-pairs with a complementary_______on mRNA

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Anticodon

Codon

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Ribosomes facilitate specific coupling of _______ anti-codons with_______codons in protein synthesis

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TRNA

mRNA

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To ribosomal subunits (large and small) are made of two things

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Proteins and ribosomal RNA or a.k.a. RRNA

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A ribosome has three binding sites for tRNA

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P site
A site
E site

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P site

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Holds the tRNA that carries the growing polypeptide chain

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A site

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Holds the tRNA that carries the next amino acid to be added to the chain

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E site

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The exit site where discharged tRNAs leave the ribosome

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The initiation stage of translation

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Brings together mRNA, tRNA with the first amino acid, and the two ribosomal subunits

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steps in the initiation stage

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A small ribosomal subunits bind with mRNA and the special initiator tRNA
Next the small subunit moves along the mRNA until it reaches the start codon AUG

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During elongation stage

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Amino acids are added one by one to the preceding amino acid

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Termination occurs when

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A Stop codon in the mRNA reaches the A site of the ribosome
The A site accepts the protein called a release factor
the release factor causes the addition of a water molecule instead of an amino acid

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Often translation is not sufficient to make a

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Functional protein

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Polypeptide chains are modified _____ translation

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After

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Completed proteins are targeted to ______ sites in the cell

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Specific

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During and after synthesis

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A polypeptide chain spontaneously coils and folds into a three-dimensional shape

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Proteins may also require

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post translational modifications before doing their job

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Two populations of ribosomes are evident in cells

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Free ribosomes in The cytosol and

bound ribosomes attached to the ER

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Free ribosomes

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Mostly synthesize proteins that function in the cytosol

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Mutations

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Changes in the genetic material of a cell or virus

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Point mutations

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Are chemical changes in just one base pair

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The change of a single nucleotide in a DNA strand can lead to

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The production of an abnormal protein

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Point mutations within a gene can be divided into two general categories

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Base pair substitutions

Base pair insertions or deletions

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Base pair substitution

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Replaces one nucleotide and it’s partner with another pair of nucleotides

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Silent mutation

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Have no affect on the Amino acid produced by a codon because of redundancy in the genetic code

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Missense mutations

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Still code for an amino acid but not necessarily the right amino acid

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Nonsense mutation

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Change an amino acid codon into a stop codon nearly always leading to a non-functional protein

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Types of substitutions

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Missense and nonsense mutations

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Insertions and deletions

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Are additions or losses of nucleotide pairs in a gene which is more damaging
insertion or deletion of nucleotides may alter the reading frame producing a frameshift mutation

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Mutagens

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Physical or chemical agents that can cause mutations

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Spontaneous mutations can occur during

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DNA replication or recombination or repair

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While gene expression differs among the domains of life the concept of a gene is…

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Universal

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Archaea

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Prokaryotes but share many features of gene expression with eukaryotes

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Bacteria and Eukarya differ in

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Their Rna polymerases and termination of transcription and ribosomes
Archaea tend to resemble you Eukarya in these respects

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The idea of the gene itself is a unifying concept of life

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discrete unit of inheritance
Region of specific nucleotide sequence in a chromosome
DNA sequence that codes for a specific polypeptide chain

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Gene can be defined as

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A region of DNA that can be expressed to produce a final functional product which is either a polypeptide or an RNA molecule

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