Background Vocab
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RNA - (ribonucleic acid)
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Plays several roles in the manufacture of proteins
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Made of nucleotides
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Nitrogenous bases A , U, C, and G
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A gene is a long section of a DNA molecule whose sequence of building blocks specifies the sequence of amino acids in a particular protein.
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Protein fundamental component of living cells
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Enzymes 
Hemoglobin
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Hormones
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Antibodies
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Insulin

How does DNA work
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DNA (nucleic acid)
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RNA
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Amino Acids – building blocks of Proteins
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Protein
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Do a job (perform a function)
• Analogy to remember what’s going on, build a house
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DNA is the blue prints (instructions)
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Amino Acids are the lumber
– Proteins are the house…

How are genes Expressed?
Protein Synthesis from DNA-
Chp. 10

• Transcription in the nucleus
– Make mRNA from DNA
– DNA  mRNA
• Translation in the cytoplasm
– Make Proteins at the ribosome
– mRNA  proteins
– “translate a language”
• nucleic acid  amino acid

Translating nucleic acid language to amino acid language

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• Who said this?

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