Content Objective: Describe the process that converts information stored in DNA into an amino acid sequence through transcription and translation.
Language Objective: Create and manipulate visual models to demostrate translation and transcription.
Syllabus Statements:
Codons of three bases on mRNA correspond to one amino acid in a polypeptide
The amino acid sequence of polypeptides is determined by mRNA according to the genetic code
Transcription is the synthesis of mRNA copied from the DNA base sequences by RNA polymerase
Translation is the synthesis of polypeptides on ribosomes
Translation depends on complimentary base-pairing between codons on mRNA and anticodons on tRNA
Use a table of the genetic code to deduce which codon(s) corresponds to which amino acid.
Activity 1 - Translation and Transcription Notes
Activity 2 - Translation and Transcription Activity