Objectives

• Describe the three-dimensional structure of DNA
• Summarize the process of DNA replication
• Describe the role of enzymes in DNA replication
• Describe the relationships between DNA and RNA
• Identify three kinds of RNA and their functions
• Compare transcription to replication
• Describe how codons are translated to amino acids
• Summarize the process of protein synthesis
• Explain how gene expression is regulated in prokaryotes and eukaryotes
• List some factors that may cause mutations

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Assignment Checklist:
(these are the assignments you must turn in)

• 11.01
• 11.02
• 11.03
• 11.04
• 11.05

Vocabulary

• DNA
• DNA replication
• transcription
• RNA
• Central Dogma
• translation
• codon
• anticodon
• mRNA
• tRNA
• gene expression
• operon
• mutation
• translocation

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