Biology Unit 6 - Splicing

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What are sections of a gene that don't code for amino acids?
Introns
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What are sections that do code for amino acids?
Exons
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Which ones are copied into mRNA during transcription?
Both
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What are mRNA strands containing introns and exons called?
Pre-mRNA
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How are introns removed?
Splicing
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Where does splicing take place?
The nucleus
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What is this known as?
A post-transcriptional change
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What can also happen to exons?
Certain exons can also be removed
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What is this called?
Alternative splicing
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What does this mean?
That different mRNA strands can be formed - so more than one protein can be produced from one gene
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Which ones are copied into mRNA during transcription?

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What are mRNA strands containing introns and exons called?

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How are introns removed?

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