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Gene Expression (Part 2): Translation in Eukaryotes

Posted by ElersonGL on Oct 31, 2009 in Biology 101 | 0 comments

. Do you remember that we decided that DNA and RNA are two separate languages? Transcription factors read “TATAAA” as “park here.” There are hundreds of other examples of how enzymes recognize only certain sequences, but we’re gonna keep it simple for now. Well during translation, Dr. Ribosome and his tRNA graduate students “translate” the mRNA into yet...