From Gene to Protein: Translation (Protein Synthesis)
Introduction
Concept 1: Overview: The Central Dogma
Concept 2: Protein Structure: Amino Acid Building Blocks
Concept 3: The Different Amino Acids
Concept 4: The Peptide Bond
Concept 5: The Genetic Code: RNA vs. Protein
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Concept 6: Translation in a Eukaryotic Cell
Concept 7: Molecular Components of Translation 1
Concept 8: Molecular Components of Translation 2
Concept 9: Molecular Components of Translation 3
Concept 10: Adding an Amino Acid to tRNA
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Concept 11: Initiation of Translation
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Concept 12: Elongation of the Polypeptide Chain
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Concept 13: Termination of Translation
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Concept 14: Polysomes
Self-Quiz
Self-Quiz
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5. A gene makes a polypeptide containing an alternating sequence of phenylalanine and tyrosine. What are the sequences of nucleotides corresponding to this sequence in the following?
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12. Other features of the reading of mRNA into proteins being the same as they are now (i.e., codons must exist for 20 different amino acids), what would the minimum codon length be if the number of different bases in the mRNA were each of the numbers below, instead of four?
