WGU C785 Biochemistry study guideC785
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T he three bases of the MRNA codon are compl ementary they base pai r to three
Anti codon
bases on the T RNA known as anti codon
F ormul ated by F ranci s Cri ck. A porti on of the D NA, a gene, i s transcri bed to
Central dogma of mol ecul ar bi ol ogy
produce a compl ementary strand of RNA, then thi s RNA i s transl ated i nto protei n.
D uri ng transl ati on the ri bosome, a protei n synthesi s machi ne wi th two
subuni ts(l arge 60S and smal l 40S subuni ts ) use transf er RNA trna mol ecul es to
Codon
match us ami no aci ds wi th mRNA bases. T he tRNA decodes the mRNA three
bases at a ti me. T heses 3 bases are cal l ed codon.
Pri nci pl e domi nance: An al l el e that domi nates or masks the presence of another
al l el e and i s sai d to be the domi nant al l el e and the trai t i s cal l ed a doni mant
D omi nance
trai t. T he al l el e who i s compl etel y masked i s sai d to be the recessi ve al l el e and
the trai t i t control s i s cal l ed a recessi ve trai t.
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WGU C785 Biochemistry study guideC785
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Study this set o nline at: https://www.cram.co m/flashcards/wgu-bio chemistry-c785-
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E xami nes how many of the l eadi ng causes of morbi di ty and mortal i ty, l i f estyl e,
and envi ronmental f actors can al ter expressi on of our genes and those of our
E pi geneti cs posteri ty. Research has demonstrated that i t i s the E pi phone genome that i nstructs
are genes both i n what ki nd of expressi on that they wi l l take i n our bodi es and
whether the gene wi l l be turned on or of f .
T he expressed sequence f rom a new mRNA strand that remai ns i n the MRNA af ter
E xons
spl i ci ng. T he exons wi l l be part of the MRNA transl ated i nto the protei n.
Recrui tment of RNA pol ymerase and subsequent producti on of a new RNA
Gene expressi on
transcri pt of a gene.
T he chi ef protei n component of Chromati n, acti ng as f ool s around whi ch D NA
H i stones
wi nes, and pl ays a rol e i n gene regul ati on.
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