Gene expression
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- What does gene expression involve?
- What are the two major processes involved in gene expression?
- What is the role of RNA polymerase in transcription?
- What type of RNA is produced during transcription?
- What happens to the DNA during transcription?
- What binds to the exposed complementary bases during transcription?
- What is formed when RNA nucleotides join together?
- What is produced after transcription is complete?
- What must happen to pre-mRNA before it can code for a protein?
- What are the non-coding regions in pre-mRNA called?
- What are the coding regions in pre-mRNA called?
- Where does mature mRNA go after splicing?
- What are codons?
- What is the role of tRNA in translation?
- What is the start codon in mRNA?
- What happens when a tRNA anticodon binds to an mRNA codon?
- What forms between two activated amino acids during translation?
- What happens to the ribosome during translation?
- What happens when a stop codon is reached during translation?
- What are gene mutations?
- What can cause gene mutations?
- What is a substitution mutation?
- What is a deletion mutation?
- What is an insertion mutation?
- How do mutations affect protein structure?
- What happens if a mutation introduces a stop codon too early?
- What are hereditary gene mutations?
- How are hereditary mutations passed on?
- What are acquired mutations?
- What can cause acquired mutations?
- Where do acquired mutations occur?
- Why can't acquired mutations be inherited?