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