The genetic code for a protein is defined as degenerate because there is more than 1 codon that can code for an amino acid. Codon bias is the probability that a given codon will be used to code for an amino acid over a synonymous codon. This report will be exploring codon bias for Arginine…
Initiation: – Upstream of the gene, RNA polymerase binds to a genes promoter region and unwinds the DNA double helix Elongation: – RNA polymerase starts building an mRNA, using the template strand of the DNA molecule, in the direction of 5’ to3’ – the strand that is not copied is called the coding strand – …
Mutations are errors made in the DNA sequence than can have negative side effects, no effect, or positive effects for an organism Point Mutations Mutations that occur at a certain point in the DNA Substitution – the replacement of one base in a DNA sequence by another base Deletion – the elimination of a base…