Nucleic Acids and DNA 🧬 Flashcards
1
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What are introns?
A
Non-coding regions of DNA that play a large part in regulating gene expression, usually contains sequence that repeats.
Spliced out of the RNA during protein synthesis.
Not contained in prokaryote
2
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What are exons?
A
The coding regions.
3
Q
What does it mean by DNA being degenerate?
A
Multiple codons can code for same amino acid
4
Q
What does the term universal suggest about DNA?
A
Triplet code is source/same for every organism.
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