BIO 350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Primase, Exonuclease, Helicase

• School: University of Maine
• Department: Biology
• Course: BIO 350
• Professor: Michelle Smith

Document Summary

Info is transmi(cid:130)ed for dna to protein vis messenger rna. Ac(cid:2210)vi(cid:2210)es of proteins produce traits (cid:336)eye color, etc. (cid:337) Gene on chromosome > (cid:336) transcrip(cid:2210)on(cid:337) messenger rna > (cid:336)transla(cid:2210)on(cid:337) long strain of polypep(cid:2210)de > protein. Dna same throughout en(cid:2210)re body by same genome; excep(cid:2210)ons: haploid sex cells, errors in cell division, disease, mature red blood cells(cid:337) Info content is in the sequence of bases along a dna molecule. Gene(cid:2210)c varia(cid:2210)on di erences in the base sequence between di erent individuals. A pairs w/ t, g pairs w/ c. Top: 5" to (cid:402)" ->, bo(cid:130)om: (cid:402)" to 5"