POSTTRANSLATION
POSTTRANSLATION Part of “CHAPTER 3 – BIOSYNTHESIS AND SECRETION OF PEPTIDE HORMONES“ Up to the translational and cotranslational steps in the ER, all secretory, membrane, lysosome, endogenous ER, and Golgi…
TRANSLATION
TRANSLATION Part of “CHAPTER 3 – BIOSYNTHESIS AND SECRETION OF PEPTIDE HORMONES“ The structure of mRNA is shown in Figure 3-10. The exons encode two major regions of the mRNA:…
RNA TRANSPORT
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MESSENGER RNA PROCESSING
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GENE STRUCTURE
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OVERVIEW OF PEPTIDE HORMONE SYNTHESIS AND SECRETION
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BIOSYNTHESIS AND SECRETION OF PEPTIDE HORMONES
BIOSYNTHESIS AND SECRETION OF PEPTIDE HORMONES William W. Chin In the endocrine system, hormones are factors produced by groups of cells clustered in specific tissues, commonly known as glands, and…
FUTURE PROSPECTS
FUTURE PROSPECTS Part of “CHAPTER 2 – MOLECULAR BIOLOGY: PRESENT AND FUTURE“ HUMAN GENOME PROJECT The Human Genome Project was begun in 1990 by the U.S. government and is coordinated…
STRATEGIES FOR MAPPING GENES ON CHROMOSOMES
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DNA ARRAYS FOR THE PROFILING OF GENE EXPRESSION
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