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Lecture5 PDF
Lecture5 PDF
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Types of Genes
3. untranscribed genes
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•Not all genes within a cell are active at the same time.
•Translation
•Post-translation
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I. Transcriptional Regulation
I. Transcriptional Regulation
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I. Transcriptional Regulation
Promoters
•Sequences found at the 5’ flanking region of a gene
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Transcribed to mRNA
5’ 3’
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Exon – sequence that is translated
Intron – intervening sequence, eventually spliced off
UTR – untranslated region
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I. Transcriptional Regulation
I. Transcriptional Regulation
– polycistronic
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I. Transcriptional Regulation
3. Structural genes
•Lac Z – codes for beta-galactosidase
•Lac Y – codes for permease
•Lac A – codes for transacetylase
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Absence of lactose
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Presence of lactose
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I. Transcriptional Regulation
3. Structural genes
•Trp E •Trp B
•Trp D •Trp A
•Trp C
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Absence of tryptophan
Presence of tryptophan
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I. Transcriptional Regulation
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I. Transcriptional Regulation
I. Transcriptional Regulation
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I. Transcriptional Regulation
•Examples of transcription factors – steroid hormones (e.g.
estrogen)
•Bind to hormone responsive elements (HRE)
I. Transcriptional Regulation
T3 = Triiodothyronine
T4 = Thyroxine
Hormones responsible
for regulation of
metabolism in
vertebrates
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7-methylguanosine cap
(7mGppp cap)
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•Methods of splicing:
•splicosomes
•ribozymes
•ribonucleases and ligases
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•P – nervous system
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