Micro 301 block 4

Study Outline
1. Understand RNA synthesis (transcription) in terms of what is happening during
initiation, elongation, and termination
2. Understand the importance of sigma factors
3. Understand how transcription is regulated through transcription factors (activator and
repressor)
4. Understand how ribosomal RNA is made and which parts make up which subunits of the
ribosome
5. Understand the role of 16S rRNA in phylogeny
6. Understand translation in terms of what is happening during initiation, elongation, and
termination and the order of the steps
7. Understand the role GTP hydrolysis plays during translation
8. Compare Rho-dependent and –independent termination
9. Define polyribosomes and translational coupling
10. Relate the role RelA plays in the stringent response to its effect during translation