Transcription

Today we moved into the specifics of transcription and used the K'nex models to transcribe a section of DNA.  Today's daily question was as follows.

Wednesday April 11^th

The two main processes in Gene Expression are known as Transcription and Translation.

During the first process RNA is made from DNA

During the second process we make PROTEIN from RNA

Please transcribe the following DNA sequence

ATGCGATCG

UACGCUAC

What enzyme is responsible for unwinding the DNA during transcription?

RNA polymerase

Making mRNA from DNA the mRNA will now leave the nucleus
and head out to cytoplasm to go through translation in the ribosomes