BIOL 207 Lecture 1 - Overview and General Concepts (Terms)

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Genetics

A tool that uses manipulation of genes/genomes to study how genes function in fundamental biological processes

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Gene

A typically continuous stretch of DNA or RNA that contains information encoding a gene product as well as carries genetic information

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Gene Product

A product created as a result of an encoded gene

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Segmented Genome

Nucleic acid strands divided into two or more separate pieces or molecules, rather than existing as a single continuous strand

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Gene Activity

The strength of a gene’s ability to express itself via the formation of its gene product

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Activator Protein

A protein found at the starting regulatory sequence of a gene that will recruit RNA polymerase to activate transcription

<p>A protein found at the starting regulatory sequence of a gene that will recruit RNA polymerase to activate transcription</p>
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Repressor Protein

A protein found at the starting regulatory sequence of a gene that will prevent RNA polymerase from attaching, repressing transcription

<p>A protein found at the starting regulatory sequence of a gene that will prevent RNA polymerase from attaching, repressing transcription</p>
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Genomics

The study of cataloguing entire genomes

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Transcriptomics

The quantification/cataloguing of all RNAs in a sample to study their transcription

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Proteomics

The quantification/cataloguing of all proteins