BIOL 1123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Gene Expression, Central Dogma Of Molecular Biology

• School: Acadia University
• Department: Biology
• Course: BIOL 1123
• Professor: Allison Walker

Document Summary

Gene expression: gene function at both the trait and molecular level. The molecular level affects the structure and function of cells, which in turn determine the traits. It is the process by which information from a gene is used in the synthesis of a functional gene product. Transcription: converting dna, otherwise considered, information storage molecules into. Rather than accessing the storage molecule directly, were making working copies of the same material. Translation: the process of synthesizing specific nucleotides into polypeptides.