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Gene Expression Part 1: Reading Genes to Make Proteins
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Gene Expression Part 1: Reading Genes to Make Proteins
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Don Lee, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Patricia Hain, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Gene Expression Part 1: Reading Genes to Make Proteins
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Objectives and Overviews for Gene Expression Part 1
The Need for Gene Expression
Expression of Acetolactate Synthase Enzyme
Transcription: control from the promoter and termination sequence
Translation, reading the code to make proteins
Why a Triplet Code?
The Reading Frame, Codons and Anticodons
Getting Translation Started with the Start Codon
Peptide Bond Formation and Protein Building
The tRNAs are Recycled
The End of Translation: stop codons looking for something they cannot find
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