IB Biology Topic D1.2: Protein Synthesis Notes

D1.2.1 Transcription as the synthesis of RNA using a DNA template

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D1.2.2 Role of hydrogen bonding and complementary base pairing in transcription

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D1.2.3 Stability of DNA templates

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D1.2.4 Transcription as a process required for the expression of genes

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D1.2.5 Translation as the synthesis of polypeptides from mRNA

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D1.2.6 Roles of mRNA, ribosomes and tRNA in translation

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D1.2.7 Complementary base pairing between tRNA and mRNA

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D1.2.8 Features of the genetic code

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D1.2.9 Using the genetic code expressed as a table of mRNA codons

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D1.2.10 Stepwise movement of the ribosome along mRNA

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D1.2.11 Mutations that change protein structure

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D1.2.12 Directionality of transcription and translation (HL)

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D1.2.13 Initiation of transcription at the promoter (HL)

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D1.2.14 Non-coding sequences in DNA do not code for polypeptides (HL)

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D1.2.15 Post-transcriptional modification in eukaryotic cells (HL)

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D1.2.16 Alternative splicing of exons to produce variants of a protein from a single gene (HL)

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D1.2.17 Initiation of translation (HL)

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D1.2.18 Modification of polypeptides into their functional state (HL)

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D1.2.19 Recycling of amino acids by proteasomes (HL)

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