1gene expression
overall process where the info in a gene is used to produced a functional product that, with environmental factors, determine a trait
2How does gene expression start?
with transcription
3protein-encoding genes
encode the amino acid sequence of a polypeptide
4structural gene
codes for a functional product
5What does mRNA stand for?
messenger RNA
6What determines the amino acid sequence?
mRNA dervied from DNA
7What determines an organism's traits?
synthesis of functional proteins and environment
8central dogma
DNA -> RNA -> protein
9transcription
copying DNA sequence into an RNA sequence
10Why is the template strand also known as the "antisense" strand?
It is opposite of the mRNA code that has codons
11Why is the nontemplate strand also known as the "sense" strand?
it "makes sense" because it is the same as the mRNA with codons
12transcription factors
proteins that control the rate of transcription