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Are mutated prions shaped like a rod?
Normal Prions are shaped like a coil. Mutations in genes that code for these proteins occur, causing the proteins to be misfolded.
Is the genetic code found in DNA?
Yes. Everything that you are and what you look like are coded in the DNA in your genes. The genes are sections of DNA which are the codes that make you.
What to genes do?
Genes, or genetic material, are basically instructions encoded in DNA for building cells in an organism. Genes code for many different traits like blood type, hair color, and skin color. Scientists frequently debate the role of genetics in behavioral traits, the nature vs. nurture argument. Currently it is unknown to what extent genes code for things like violence or altruism.
How do nucleotides provide nucleic acid's with specific codes?
Nucleotides are merely the building blocks of nucleic acids like DNA and RNA. The specific order of these nucleotides are read in triplet form (AAC, ATA, etc.) as codons (which code for amino acids), and the combinations of these codons make up genes (which code for proteins).
How do nucleic provide nucleic acids with specific codes?
Nucleotides are merely the building blocks of nucleic acids like DNA and RNA. The specific order of these nucleotides are read in triplet form (AAC, ATA, etc.) as codons (which code for amino acids), and the combinations of these codons make up genes (which code for proteins).
Are mutated prions shaped like a rod?
Normal Prions are shaped like a coil. Mutations in genes that code for these proteins occur, causing the proteins to be misfolded.
Where are the instructions that code for how an organism develops from?
The genes produce proteins that code for how an organism develops. Proteins are either structural or functional. Functional proteins make stuff like enzymes (such as amylase that break down starch in food into maltose) Structural proteins make stuff like skin, hair and bones. Genes are a short length of a chromosome, which is coils of DNA which is found in the nucleus of the cell.
An expressed gene is one that?
is transcribed into RNA. Promoters (I think that's what you meant, right?) don't function as genes; they stand as a signal for RNA polymerase to begin transcription of the actual gene, which begins about 25 base pairs downstream of the promoter region in eukaryotic DNA. Expressed genes DO code for proteins, but not all protein-coding genes are expressed. For example, the cells in your heart contain genes that code for proteins needed only in your liver. While those genes definitely code for proteins, they're not expressed. Expressed genes (and non-expressed genes, Ke$ha Looks like a man, for that matter) are made of DNA, not mRNA.
What type of diseases can you have if you have a defect in your proteins?
All genetic diseases causes malformation of proteins, as genes are the code for the proteins within us. Also, diseases like mad cow are caused by a misshapen proteins called prions, but one must come in contact with a cow's brain to contract this.
What function do genes serve?
predict what a person would or could look like inside and out,and genes can tell a cell how to make proteins. Roughly speaking, each gene is a set of instructions for making one specific protein.
What is controlled by genes?
Lots of things in every cell, like production of proteins, cell dividing, growth, death and its function.
Is the genetic code found in DNA?
Yes. Everything that you are and what you look like are coded in the DNA in your genes. The genes are sections of DNA which are the codes that make you.
Is a gene the same thing as a chromosome?
No - genes are sections of DNA found on chromosomes that encode for a functional product (like a protein).Chromosomes are compact structures of DNA and proteins.
How the code in your DNA relates to your physical appearance as well as the functioning of your body?
DNA encodes for genes and each gene has a different function. Genes can determine traits such as eye color and height; genes like these will be different between every person, unless you're an identical twin. But genes can also code for essential functions, such as muscle movement and nerve action; genes like these will be pretty identical between each person.
What to genes do?
Genes, or genetic material, are basically instructions encoded in DNA for building cells in an organism. Genes code for many different traits like blood type, hair color, and skin color. Scientists frequently debate the role of genetics in behavioral traits, the nature vs. nurture argument. Currently it is unknown to what extent genes code for things like violence or altruism.
How do nucleic provide nucleic acids with specific codes?
Nucleotides are merely the building blocks of nucleic acids like DNA and RNA. The specific order of these nucleotides are read in triplet form (AAC, ATA, etc.) as codons (which code for amino acids), and the combinations of these codons make up genes (which code for proteins).
How do nucleotides provide nucleic acid's with specific codes?
Nucleotides are merely the building blocks of nucleic acids like DNA and RNA. The specific order of these nucleotides are read in triplet form (AAC, ATA, etc.) as codons (which code for amino acids), and the combinations of these codons make up genes (which code for proteins).
