Chapter 13
Chapter 13: From Gene to Protein
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View an animated version of the processes summarized by Figure 13.2.
Test your recall for figure 13.2 with this key figure labeling exercise.
This tutorial reviews the first step in protein synthesis, in which an mRNA molecule is made using the information in the DNA sequence of the gene.
Test your recall for figure 13.4 with this key figure labeling exercise.
Before the mRNA molecule produced during transcription can be used, enzymes in the nucleus must remove noncoding sequences (introns) and link the remaining coding sequences (exons) to one another. This tutorial reviews this process.
Test your understanding of the information presented in Table 13.6.
This tutorial reviews the second major step in protein synthesis, in which a sequence of bases in mRNA are converted to a sequence of amino acids in a protein.
This tutorial covers substitution and insertion errors, and explores the effects of such mutations on transcription and translation.
13.1: Process Animation: The Flow of Genetic Information in a Eukaryotic Cell
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