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Introduction to Genetics

General flow: DNA > RNA > Protein

special transfers (RNA > RNA, RNA > DNA, Protein > Protein)

Genetic code

Transcription

Transcription (Transcription factors, RNA Polymerase,promoter) Prokaryotic / Archaeal / Eukaryotic

post-transcriptional modification (hnRNA,Splicing)

Translation

Translation (Ribosome,tRNA) Prokaryotic / Archaeal / Eukaryotic

post-translational modification (functional groups, peptides, structural changes)

gene regulation

epigenetic regulation (Genomic imprinting)

transcriptional regulation

post-transcriptional regulation (sequestration, alternative splicing,miRNA)

translational regulation

post-translational regulation (reversible,irreversible)

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Post-translational regulation refers to the control of the levels of active protein either by means of reversible events (Post-translational modifications, such as Phosphorylation or sequestration) or by means of irreversible events (proteolysis).

v • d • e Molecular Biology Central Dogma DNA Replication (DNA), Transcription (RNA) - Translation (protein) gene regulation Epigenetic · genetic · post-transcriptional · post-translational regulation other key concepts mitosis · cell signalling · Post-transcriptional modification and Post-translational modification · Dry Lab/Wet lab · Development · History of molecular biology genetic elements Promoter (Pribnow box, TATA box) · Operon (gal operon, lac operon, trp operon) · Terminator · Enhancer · Repressor (lac repressor, trp repressor) · Silencer · Histone methylation Techniques Cell culture · model organisms (such as C57BL/6 mice) · Nucleic acid methods · Protein methods · Fluorescence & Radioactivity High-throughput (-omics)Techniques DNA microarray · Mass spectrometry · Lab-on-a-chip Linked Life science disciplines Cell Biology · Biochemistry · Computational Biology Glossary gene expression terms · Academic rank