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Molecular Genetics - From DNA to Trait

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How Are Different Types of Cells Created and Maintained? By differential gene expression. The same genetic information is in all 100 trillion cells of any one person. Different cells use the same blueprint in different ways. How? In essence, the control of gene expression occurs by regulating the flow of information from DNA to protein.

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DNA Transcription Translation Trait RNA Protein The “Central Dogma” of Molecular Genetics RNA processing

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Transcription makes an RNA copy of DNA. Transcription is a Key Step in Gene Expression

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RNA RNA is a nucleic acid polymer that uses a slightly different sugar than DNA and the base uracil (U) in place of thymine (T).

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RNA Is Largely Single-Stranded

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There are Different RNAs with Distinct Functions Recently, a new class of RNA, microRNA, has been shown to regulate gene expression.

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Transcription The enzyme RNA polymerase opens the DNA strands and synthesizes an RNA complementary to only one of the DNA strands. RNA polymerase acts here

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Transcription The decision to transcribe a gene is the most important step in the control of gene expression. Transcription starts and stops at distinct sites at the ends of a gene. A gene Animation

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Eukaryotic Genes are Segmented Genes are made of parts represented in the mRNA (exons) and parts that are transcribed but not present in the mRNA (introns). In some genes more than 90% of the pre-mRNA is destroyed, never to appear in the mRNA. Introns are removed from the primary transcript and exons are spliced together to make mRNA. Animation

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Alternative Splicing – More Bang for the Buck This has the consequence that the count of our genes (~20,000) seriously underestimates the count of our different proteins.

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The Genetic Language Uses 4 Letters Written Into 3-Letter Words

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Amino Acids – What the Genetic Code Specifies Two examples There are 20 different amino acids

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What Translation Accomplishes In translation, information present in the mRNA is read by the ribosome to synthesize a polypeptide. The sequence of amino acids determines the structure, and therefore the function, of a protein.

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Translation Is Complicated Translation requires: ribosomes mRNA tRNA amino acids Many antibiotics block steps in translation within bacterial cells.

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tRNA Is An Adpator That Couples Codons and Amino Acids

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The Genetic Code is Biology’s Rosetta Stone These are the words of the genetic language.

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Ribosomes are Complicated Protein Synthesizing Machines

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Translation Is a Cyclic, Multistep Process Translation Animation

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Basic Genetic Mechanisms are Universal The storage of genetic information in DNA, the use of an RNA intermediate that is read in three letter words, and the mechanism of protein synthesis are essentially the same in all organisms. Among other things, this means cancer can be studied productively in flies or yeast. It also means that human genes can be expressed in a plant or mouse genes in a yeast. A tobacco plant expressing the firefly luciferase gene.