GN 311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Messenger Rna, Coding Strand, Cistron
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Has oh on 2-carbon that the dna does not have. Need to draw a gene region with all of the elements. This means multiple proteins made at one time. Bacteria need to make changes very quickly, so this is helpful. Region where rna polymerase binds in order to get started. This is kind of like the block at the beginning of the race, where everyone starts here, gathers, and then begins transcription right after the promoter region. Have mrna (messenger rna), rrna (ribosomal rna), and trna (transfer. In rna synthesis, you can only use one strand as a template. Template strand = used to make rna based on the nitrogenous bases. The rna that is made has the same sequence as the coding strand. +1 nucleotide on the dna template strand is where transcription begins and goes more positive. Definition: a sequence that describes the nucleotides most often present in a a segment of interest.
