Identifying Polysomes Translation can occur simultaneously at multiple positions along mRNA Polysomes (or polyribosomes) are groups of two or more ribosomes translating the same mRNA transcript Mul...
Primary Structure Levels of Protein Structure Proteins are relatively large, complex molecules that contain one or more chains of amino acids known as polypeptides The three-dimensional arrangement...
Bioinformatics The 21st Century has seen a tremendous increase in the amount of biological data This has been due to rapid advances in DNA sequencing and other technologies Developments in scientif...
Translation in Prokaryotes Prokaryotic cells have a less complex ultrastructure than eukaryotic cells Eukaryote cells are divided up into membrane-bound compartments called organelles Transcription...
Structure of Ribosomes Ribosomes are found in cells Either freely in the cytoplasm (of all cells) Or bound to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to form rough ER (only in eukaryotic cells) Ribosomes ar...
Initiation of Translation Initiation of translation involves assembly of the components that carry out the process. During translation, the specific sequence of messenger RNA (mRNA) is translated t...
Skills: Analysing DNA Methylation Patterns Methylation of DNA Methyl groups (-CH3) can be directly added to DNA to change the activity of a gene DNA methylation commonly involves the direct additio...
Modification of RNA In all kingdoms of life, gene expression can be regulated after an mRNA transcript has been produced Post-transcriptional modification of mRNA Helps prevent degradation mRNA is ...
Nucleosomes Regulate Transcription Nucleosomes are the structural unit of DNA packaging in eukaryotes that facilitate supercoiling Within a nucleosome, DNA is wrapped around proteins called histone...
