Gene Expression Lab

Follow information from DNA to a working protein.

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Biological conditions

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Conditions predict moderate protein production.
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Learning objectives

  • Trace DNA information to a functional protein.
  • Distinguish transcription, RNA processing and translation.
  • Explain how regulatory conditions change protein output.
  • Predict how a mutation may alter a protein.

Suggested experiments

  • Silence transcription-factor activation.
  • Raise messenger RNA stability.
  • Compare one and twelve ribosomes.
  • Introduce a coding mutation and inspect folding.

7-question quiz

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