clipper565 Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 The following segment of DNA codes for a protein (Uppercase letters represent exons, lower case letters represent introns): 5’GCTAAATGGCAaaattgccggatgacGCACATTGACTCGGaatcgaGGTCAGATGC3’ My question is this: What is missing from this sequence that we would need for the gene to make it's product if we were looking at an intact gene? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dak Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 this be homework, methinks think about the process of turning DNA --> protiens, and it should be obvious what bits of DNA are needed for that process to happen, but isn't there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clipper565 Posted February 14, 2007 Author Share Posted February 14, 2007 is that TATAA box? cause the ATG six bases in looks like it can work as a 'start' codon right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharonY Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 DNA regions encoding a protein do not, per definitionem, contain regions upstream of the coding sequence... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clipper565 Posted February 16, 2007 Author Share Posted February 16, 2007 back to topic: what are the sequences upstream that would perpetrate the gene product? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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