Terms and Players

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Terms and Players
Work on as class comes in groups, alone, books,
notes
Rows by window What are the basic monomeric
subunits of DNA bonds between subunits direction
of strand formation description of double helix
Rows from Meredith to wall What are the basic
monomeric subunits of RNA bonds between
subunits organization of strand
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Previously in Bio308
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Preview for today
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Synthesis overview
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What carries the information?
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Polymerization of nucleotides
How are nucleotides linked?
How do nucleotide chains interact?
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Genes
The entire nucleic acid sequence necessary for
the synthesis of a functional polypeptide
MCB, p285
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Components of a Eukaryotic Gene
What are the parts or regions of a gene? How
are they organized?
Do genes always encode RNAs?
Do genes always encode RNAs that encode proteins?
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Making a cytosolic protein Step 1--transcribe
Genes encode proteins
Why use an RNA step?
Major steps in process Initiation, Elongation
and Termination
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Initiation
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DNA-RNA interactions
Adapted from Life Purves 6thed
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Synthesis overview