BIO 260 Chapter 3 Transcription
1. Flow of Info in the cell: DNA->RNA->Protein: Central Dogma of Biology
2. Transcription: the process of making RNA based off instructions from a DNA template
3. 1. a DNA template w/ promoter and transcription unit
2. ribonucleotides (A,C,G,U) aka rNTPs
3. RNA polymerase enzyme: Requirements of Transcription end transcription.
4. Transcription Unit: stretch of DNA that codes for RNA and the sequences that start and
5. Promoter: DNA seq. that RNA polymerase binds to for transcription. Comes before the transcription unit. Not
included in RNA molec
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, 6. 1. RNA coding region
2. Terminator: Parts of the Transcription Unit:
7. RNA Coding Region: DNA sequence used to build the new RNA molecules; UTRs, Protein coding region,
introns, terminator.
8. Terminator: - The DNA region on the template strand signals the RNA polymerase to ter minate transcription.
-often included in RNA molecules
9. 1. Initiation
2. Elongation
3. Termination: Three main processes of transcription
10. Initiation: DNA region on template strand that signals to RNA polymerase to terminate transcription.
-often included in RNA molecule
-promoter has consensus sequences that are conserved for many coding regions (ex. TATA region; TCAKTY initiator
sequence)
11. Transcription Start Site (TSS): first base that is used to build the new RNA molecule. RNA polymerase
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1. Flow of Info in the cell: DNA->RNA->Protein: Central Dogma of Biology
2. Transcription: the process of making RNA based off instructions from a DNA template
3. 1. a DNA template w/ promoter and transcription unit
2. ribonucleotides (A,C,G,U) aka rNTPs
3. RNA polymerase enzyme: Requirements of Transcription end transcription.
4. Transcription Unit: stretch of DNA that codes for RNA and the sequences that start and
5. Promoter: DNA seq. that RNA polymerase binds to for transcription. Comes before the transcription unit. Not
included in RNA molec
1/3
, 6. 1. RNA coding region
2. Terminator: Parts of the Transcription Unit:
7. RNA Coding Region: DNA sequence used to build the new RNA molecules; UTRs, Protein coding region,
introns, terminator.
8. Terminator: - The DNA region on the template strand signals the RNA polymerase to ter minate transcription.
-often included in RNA molecules
9. 1. Initiation
2. Elongation
3. Termination: Three main processes of transcription
10. Initiation: DNA region on template strand that signals to RNA polymerase to terminate transcription.
-often included in RNA molecule
-promoter has consensus sequences that are conserved for many coding regions (ex. TATA region; TCAKTY initiator
sequence)
11. Transcription Start Site (TSS): first base that is used to build the new RNA molecule. RNA polymerase
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