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  Lecture Index
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Last revised: Friday, October 15, 1999
Reading: Ch. 17 in text
Note: These notes are provided as a guide to topics the instructor hopes to cover during lecture. Actual coverage will always differ somewhat from what is printed here. These notes are not a substitute for the actual lecture!
Copyright 1999. Thomas M. Terry

The Expression of Genetic Information: an Overview


Transcription: the Synthesis of RNA

Work through From Gene to Protein: Transcription at The Biology Place..

Structure of RNA

Types of RNA

Transcription Process

RNA polymerase enzyme


Translation: the Synthesis of Proteins

role of mRNA

role of ribosome

role of tRNA

Initiation of Translation

Elongation of Translation

Termination of Translation


The Genetic Code

Universality


Gene organization in Eukaryotes

The coding potential of human DNA

Functions of human DNA