Interactive Biology, by Leslie Samuel » codons http://www.interactive-biology.com Making Biology Fun! Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:33:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Making Biology Fun! Interactive Biology, by Leslie Samuel no Making Biology Fun! Interactive Biology, by Leslie Samuel » codons http://www.interactive-biology.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www.interactive-biology.com The DNA and Genes Game http://www.interactive-biology.com/530/the-dna-and-genes-game/ http://www.interactive-biology.com/530/the-dna-and-genes-game/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:07:53 +0000 Leslie Samuel http://www.leslie-samuel.com/?p=530 So you think you understand DNA and Genes? You say you know how the process of transcription works? Yeah yeah, you even understand translation, and you are an expert on Mutations because you’ve watched X-Men ten times. Go ahead and test your knowledge by playing the DNA and Genes Game. Go on, I dear ya!

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DNA is expressed and put into action through proteins. These proteins are involved in structural support and they also act as enzymes. Enzymes are involved in all of the chemical reactions that happen in the body. In this lecture, I first talk about the relationship between DNA and Protein and how this relationship leads to all of the traits that an organism expresses. I then go into the differences between DNA and RNA.

Transcription is the process that results in the production of mRNA. Translation ultimately results in the production of proteins. Understanding these to processes is essential to our understanding of how DNA is the Blueprint of Life.

This is part Chapter 11 in the textbook Biology: The Dynamics of Life, which is the chapter on DNA and Genes.

Outline

  • Genes and Proteins
  • RNA and its functions
  • Transcription
  • Tranlation
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