| A | B |
|---|
| Transcription | making ma |
| Translation | protein synthesis |
| RNA polymerase | recognizes promoter on DNA |
| RNA polymerase adds | complimentary bases to DNA |
| Always added in | 5' to 3' direction |
| RNA polymerase reaches | a terminator (which is the end of the gene) |
| Product of all these steps is | primary transcript/pre-mRNA |
| Processing of pre-mRNA Step 1 | Add a 5' cap |
| Processing of pre-mRNA Step 2 | Add a poly-a tail (literally a bunch of a's) |
| Processing of pre-mRNA Step 3 | RNA splicing ( the removal of the introns) |
| Codons code for a | specific amino acid (codon=aug, etc.) |
| Purpose of poly-a tail | and 5' cap protect RNA |
| In order for protein synthesis to occur you need | mRNA, tRNA, and a Ribosome |
| EPA | are binding sites for the mRNA |
| 3 steps to translation | chain initiation, elongation, and termination |
