Monday, February 1, 2010

Lecture, Chapter - Gene regulation at the RNA level

Today we covered chapter 11, on gene regulation at the RNA level.

We discussed mechanisms of gene regulation between transcription and translation:
  • Rate of degradation of mRNA
  • Modification of mRNA
  • Control of translation by RNA binding proteins
  • Anti-sense RNA
  • Ribosome alteration (preferential translation of mRNAs)
  • RNA interference (RNAi)
  • Micro RNA (miRNA)
  • Riboswitches
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