Key Terms Related to Genes and Proteins
This text highlights key terms important for the study of the genetic code, prokaryotic transcription, eukaryotic transcription, RNA processing in eukaryotes, and ribosomes & protein synthesis.
Topics
- 7-methylguanosine cap
- aminoacyl tRNA synthetase
- anticodon
- CAAT box
- central dogma
- codon
- colinear
- consensus
- core enzyme
- degeneracy
- downstream
- exon
- FACT
- GC-rich box
- hairpin
- holoenzyme
- initiation site
- initiator tRNA
- intron
- Kozak’s rules
- nonsense codon
- nontemplate strand
- Octamer box