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Instructor Resources

  • Module 1
  • Module 2
  • Module 3
  • Module 4
  • Module 5
  • Module 6

Student Resources

  • 1. Introduction to the Genome Browser: What is a gene?
  • 2. Transcription, Part I: From DNA sequence to transcription unit
  • 3. Transcription, Part II: What happens to the initial transcript made by RNA pol II?
  • 4. Removal of introns from pre-mRNA by splicing
  • 5. Translation: The need for an Open Reading Frame
  • 6. Alternative splicing

Appendix

  • Glossary of terms
  • References
Understanding Eukaryotic Genes
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  • Index

Index

Symbols | A | B | C | E | F | I | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U

Symbols

  • 3'
  • 5'

A

  • alternative splicing
  • amino acid
  • annotation
  • antisense strand

B

  • base
  • base pair (base pairing)

C

  • cDNA
  • CDS
  • coding exon
  • coding strand
  • codon
  • coordinates

E

  • exon

F

  • frame

I

  • initiation codon (start codon)
  • initiator (Inr)
  • intron
  • isoform

M

  • mature mRNA

N

  • non-coding strand

O

  • ORF

P

  • phase
  • poly(A) tail
  • pre-mRNA
  • promoter

R

  • read

S

  • splice acceptor site
  • splice donor site
  • splice junction
  • splicing
  • stop codon (termination codon)

T

  • TATA Box
  • transcription
  • transcription start site (TSS)
  • transcription unit
  • translated regions
  • translation

U

  • UTR

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