7.01SC | Fall 2011 | Undergraduate

Fundamentals of Biology

Molecular Biology

Transcription, Translation

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Session Overview

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This session will explain how the cell uses its DNA instructions to make a RNA message, and the RNA message to make a protein.

Learning Objectives

  • Outline the processes of transcription and translation.
  • List the basic components needed to successfully undergo transcription and translation.
  • Understand the purpose of the cell’s performing transcription and translation.
  • Predict RNA and protein sequences from a given gene.
  • Analyze the effects of a DNA mutation on the RNA and protein produced from that DNA.

Session Activities

Lecture Video

Watch the lecture video excerpt

Check Yourself

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Session Activities

Lecture Video

Watch the lecture video excerpt

Check Yourself

Question 1

True or False: More than one codon typically encodes each amino acid.

Question 2

Where does translation begin, as indicated on the mRNA transcript?

Question 3

If the following were a complete mRNA, which codon would be recognized as the stop codon?
5' UAAUGCUGACUAGUUAAGCCCGAGCGAA-3'

Session Activities

Help Session Video

Watch the short video of Sera Thornton explaining a transcription and translation question that refers to Question 2 in the practice problems below.

Practice Problems

Further Study

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