Genetics Test Flashcards
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Dna has code that makes us us. We are a collection of proteins and molecules that are made up by instructions of dna.
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Dna has code that makes us us. We are a collection of proteins and molecules that are made up by instructions of dna.
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Dn overriding code that makes up ______
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RNA
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Dna tells cell what to do by creating copies of ________
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RNA
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Dna is made up of ___ main components that make up a ______
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Nucleotide
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DNA structure
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1 sugar and 1 phosphate and 1 nitrogenous base
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Purine structure
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Purine is double ring
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Pyrimidine structure
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Pyrimidine is single ringed
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Purine and pyrimidine want to make
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3 hydrogen bonds guanine cytosine
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Antiparallel 5
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Free phosphate 5 prime end
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Antiparallel 3
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Sugar 3 prime end
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Available on opposite end of dna
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Antiparallel
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Why is free sugar important for antiparralell
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phosphate connects to sugar 3 prime end. Make dna and rna on that prime end
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Weakest bond is ________ in middle, bonds that hold sugars to phosphates are strong
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Hydrogen
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Why do hydrogen bonds need to be week?
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they unzip like a zipper, replicate dna because of that
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Rna vs dna is ______
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Oxygen
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Semi conservative half gets split in the middle and gets replicated
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DNA replication and repair
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DNA vs RNA
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Dna missing oxygen on sugar
Dna is double stranded
Dna only found in nucleus, if not in nucleus foreigners broken down
Rna can leave nucleus to go to cytoplasm to break proteins
Dna holds genetic info, rna makes proteins
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How is semi conservative right?
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Heavy nitrogen tracks how strands replicated
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_________ work on top of dna, tightly formed dna, release tension and unwined dna
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Topoisomers
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____________ breaks the hydrogen bonds down the middle, hydrogens want to make bonds
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DNA Helicase
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__________binding proteins prevent forming together to prevent replication
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Single stranded
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_______ lays down 10 nucleotides that are RNA based.
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Rna primase
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Process of RNA polymerase
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Polymerase attach and do work
RNA not dna
Dna polymerase change rna nucleotides into Dna nucleotides
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Dna polymerase 3 lays down code. Picks up nucleotides and put it in proper order
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Dna polymerase 3 lays down code. Picks up nucleotides and put it in proper order
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Lay down code in
Read code in
3' - 5'
5' - 3'
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Bubble formed
3 prime lays down primer rna polymerase
Polymerase 3 lays down code
Non stop until end
Helicase unzips
Reading in 3 to 5, going from 5 to 3
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______ can't start process because dna process has to open up
Lagging strand
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Lagging strand has to lay down primer and _____
code
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_______ lay down code and new primer, small chunks made during dna replication
Okazaki fragments
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By laying down primer and code _______ has to get rid of rna primers and get rid of code
okazaki frag polymerase 1
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Phosphodiester need to be glue because dna poly 3 will do it but the gap has to be sealed
DNA ligase
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enzymes that work on nucleic acids removes
helps in process of removing things that shouldn't be there
Is an editor, so code is layed down
Exonuclease
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Replication fork is unzipped part caused by ______
Helicase
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Transcription rna polymerase to do _________
Transcription rna polymerase to do unraveling of dna
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_____ transfers amino acids in sequence in order to lay out polypeptides
TRNA
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Translation Stages same as transcription
Translation Stages same as transcription
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transfers amino acid to polypeptide chain
TRNA
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________ pairs with amino acid trna is responsible for carrying to ribosome
Anticodon
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______ ______ variety of codons to prevent errors taking place in production of proteins
Wobble Hypothesis
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RNA structure
Ribosomes are made of RRNA, 2 subunits come together and sandwich RNA
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Ribosomes want to attach to the
Methylated cap
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As ribosome moves across, a, p and e spot
A is..
T is..
E is..
A accepter TRNA comes in
p peptide bonds form
E TRNA is released
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ribosome attaches to mrna at 5 prime end,
moves to AUG start codon,
anti codon AUC,
ribosome moves across and TRNA arrive at a spot.
Initiation
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Elongation amino acids need to form a bond and needs energy.
What energy is used?
GTP
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peptide bond forms,
TRNA released,
picks up amino acid,
cycle continues
Elongation
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There is no TRNA that has anticodon for stop codon
Termination stop codon
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TRNA goes away,
polypeptide goes away
Termination release factor
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modifications add sugar, add phosphate, remove amino acid
Post translational
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Eukaryotes 4 primary ways to control the expression of genes
Transcription
Post transcription
Translational
post translation
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regulates gene being transcribed. Actual speed, or when its being transcribes (when needed)
Transcriptional
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before MRNA can be released have to put a regulated cap. No enzymes to break so sits in stage until we need
Post transcription
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one MRNA is released in cytoplasm protected by tail. Sits in cytoplasm until needed. regulate how fast it happens
Translational
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produced polypeptide chain. Make it functional by folding/bending/binding. Example making of insulin
Post translational:
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Skin is constantly being replaced Cells need different proteins like dna polymerase
example of
Dna replication
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genes that control breakdown of lactose
Regulatory gene
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Bacteria only makes a couple of enzymes because only made in
glycolysis
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Sections of dna that code for sections of dna
Lac ____ and trip _____
Operons
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section of dna that codes outside
Operon
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- rna polymerase attaches and starts process of reading genes
Promoter is where start is
- has a binding site
Regulatory gene different location where rna polymerase makes repressor molecule.
- Prevented from making what we wanna make
Operator and promoter region
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- Need enzyme to break lactose called beta galactosidase.
- Needs to go through transcription and translation for b galactosidase
Doesnt produce if not needed, operon turned off.
- Presence of lactose turns on or off trans..
Lac Operon
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permeability embeds itself in membrane in bacteria
gate to let lactose into cell
E.coli galactosidase permiase
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breaks down glucose and galactose
Beta galacasidase
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consume lactose easly
Lac z gene
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repressor molecule
Lac i gene
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consume lactose easly
Lac a gene
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Genes can only turn on if _____ is present. Neg and pos
Lactose
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If lactose is present its known as
inducer
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Binds to repressor,
changes confirmation,
rna polymerase can make rna
Inducer
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limiting amino acids. Body can produce it.
TRp operon
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____ affect pigmentation example (heterochromia)
mutations
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How do frogs get mutations?
Frogs absorb things through their skin, toxins get in
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What is a positive effect of mutations?
- chimpanzee ancestors
- resistance to disease (covid)
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mutation sub 1 letter
Substitution
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no consequence and neutral no impact
Silent mutation
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- Take out intron which is spliced out - change in nitrogenous base that gives the same amino acid. (wobble)
- Different letter, same amino acid.
C for U, still glycine.
Silent mutation
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______ mutation change base
Missense
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- One letter changes and changes amino acid.
GGC to AGC from gly to ser.
Might not be functional.
Missense
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Example of Missense
sickle cell anemia gives blood round shape, makes it half moon shape. Doesnt come together the way its supposed to
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Why do people who live where malaria is immune to malaria if you have sickle cell?
If yorue heterozygous for sickle cell and you live where malaria is present, you have sickle cells that dont carry nutrience for parasite. They dont get nutrience so you cant get malaria
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- change nitrogenous base. Dont produce protein.
- Produce premature stop codon (AAG to UAG, Lys to Stop) (EXAMPLE not producing blood, body needs it)
Nonsense mutation
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- delete or add nitrogones base.
- Everything gets moved
- Deletion deletes something
(UUUG to delete U to UUG) everything shifts over
Frameshift mutations
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adds a letter
(AAG U to UAA GU) gets shifted again
stop codon possibility
Insertion
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- larger scale, large chunk of DNA to another chunk
- Takes section of chromosome and swaps location with another chromosome
- Information is there located somewhere else
Translocation
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flip things around
No info lost, gets flipped.
(abcdef to adcbef)
Inversions
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corn colour change genes same chromosome but different location
Transposons
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Induced can change
Radiation
Radiatio messes with how bonds are formed (dimers)
Thats why dental offices dont want to do xrays
Chemicals may or may not have affects. (AI sweeteners proteins get eliminated)
carcinogen can cause cancer (to prevent use sunscreen)
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create hydrogen bond beside them instead of across
Dimers
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made up of sugar, a phosphate group, and 4 nitrogenous bases
Nucleotides
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Cells prevent ______ or permanent changes in DNA sequence
mutations
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DNA fixing mispaired bases
Proofreading
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build DNA in cells
DNA polymerases
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transmits genetic info from parent to offspring
DNA nucelic acid
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double strand dna copied to produce identical dna molecules (unzip, break weak hydrogen bonds
Dna replication
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_____ are the lines, genetic info
Rungs
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_____ made up of sugar and phosphate. Sugar is deoxyrubase, phosphate is acid
Backbone
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Can only add nucleotides on ____ prime end
3'
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_____ puts new “zippers” on each end, small fragments
Okazaki
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messenger for dna and ribosomes
MRNA
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DNA to RNA
DOGMA
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Structural components for ribosome
RRNA
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bring amino acids to ribosomes for protein synthesis
TRNA
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One old strand and one new strand
semi conservative
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single origin mostly A/T pairs. Makes dna easier to separate
Ecoli.
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gene that can change function and structure of protein
mutation
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To reproduce diploid chromosomes produce ______ which are haploid
gamates
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why is lactose intolerant normal
mammals genes shut off so you can't process lactose
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Why can crops grow longer in snow
took genes from cod fish
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S strain composed of ____
S strain composed of sugars
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_____ strand non virulent pneumococcus, sick but survive
R strand
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If a mouse is infected with an r strand, why will it survive if heated?
denatured protiens
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compacts dna
cromatin
regulation of gene expression
histone
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twisting of dna
positive and negative
supercoils
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ends of chromosomes
protect genetic material
protective caps
telomers
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reads same on both strands
ATGCAT
TACGTA
palindromic sequences
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Seperate dna and rna
electrophoresis
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- takes dna and heats, DENATURES, unravels dna,
- cooling freezes is for polymerase to ATTACHES TO OPEN SITE,
- taq polymerase synthesizes NEW DNA STRAND
Polymerase chain reaction
PCR
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DNA sample collected
many copies made
broken down in pieces
arranged in correct order
genome assembled
Human Genome Project
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Use bacteria and ________ to cut DNA in the spot.
endonucleases
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________ replicate virus and virus spreads
Endonucleases replicate virus and virus spread
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Restriction enzymes
- palindromic sequence and cuts DNA.
Bonds between phosphate and sugar, and hydrogen and nitrogenous bases
Restriction enzymes
- palindromic sequence and cuts DNA.
Bonds between phosphate and sugar, and hydrogen and nitrogenous bases
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Enzymes add on _______ group and helps in where we cut
Methyl
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Why do we use Plasmids for manipulation
less nucleotides
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How are plasmids used in the production of insulin
- Cow pancreas extracts mL of insulin
- Restriction enzymes cut plasmid
- inserted genes for insulin
- glue and put inside bacteria.
- Plasmids produce insulin
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in electriphoresis dna can move through
gel pores
smaller go further
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If a wrong amino acid is incorporated, it can be recognized and corrected before the next amino acid is added to the growing polypeptide chain.
proof reading
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Transcription has three stages
initiation, elongation, and termination.
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transcription is the process of copying out the DNA sequence of a gene in the similar alphabet of RNA.
transcription is the process of copying out the DNA sequence of a gene in the similar alphabet of RNA.
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The goal of transcription is to make a RNA copy of a gene's DNA sequence.
The goal of transcription is to make a RNA copy of a gene's DNA sequence.
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template for RNA polymerase
polymerase builds an RNA molecule out of complementary nucleotides
uracil (U) instead of thymine (T).
Elongation
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RNA transcript is complete.
transcript to be released from the RNA polymerase.
Termination
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