CH17 assignments

CHAPTER 17: From Gene to Protein

Reading: p.309-331

Vocabulary: definitions for the bolded words in the CH17 text:

Transcription, messenger RNA, translation, ribosomes, RNA processing, primary transcript, triplet code, template strand, codons, reading frame, RNA polymerase, promoter, terminator, transcription unit, transcription factors, transcription initiation complex, TATA box, 5’cap, polyA tail, RNA splicing, introns, exons, spliceosome, alternative RNA splicing, transfer RNA, anticodon, aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase, ribosomal RNA, P site, A site, signal peptide, signal-recognition particle, point mutations, missense mutations, nonsense mutations, insertion, deletion, frameshift, mutagen

Questions: #1-4 p317