Week 3: Transcription Flashcards
1
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What are heterochromatin?
A
Formerly known as “junk” DNA, this type of chromatin is highly condensed and likely contains many regulatory elements important for gene transcription
2
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Transcription
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3
Q
If you were given a sense strang and anti-sense strand. What would the mRNA read?
A
The mRNA would match the sense strand (anti-sense is the template), but with uracil instead of thyamine
