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Transcription and the Genetic Code
Biotechnology · Chapter 3 · 1. Molecular Biology
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- Central dogma; reverse transcription
- Transcription unit: promoter, structural gene and terminator; split genes (introns and exons); monocistronic and polycistronic RNA; hnRNA
- Process of transcription and the enzymes involved
- Post-transcriptional processing in eukaryotes: capping, polyadenylation and splicing
- Genetic code: properties, start and stop codons, anticodons