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 – …
DNA: DNA is the genetic information or blueprint of who and what we are, and how we operate. This genetic information is devoted to the synthesis of proteins, which are essential to our body. Proteins are created from templates of information called genes in our DNA. The Code: – DNA molecules are long polymers of…
Nucleic acids are the storage form of all the genetic information required by a cell. They also are the cell’s preferred energy molecule ATP as well as acting as being used as intermediate electron carrier molecules in cellular respiration in the form of NAD+ (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) and FAD (flavin adenine dinucleotide). cAMP (cyclic adenosine…