Wednesday, February 29, 2012

How do you find the start site of DNA transcription in a DNA sequence?

I have to transcribe a DNA sequence into RNA sequence and turn that into a doll, I just dont know where the start site is. I know that there is something about the TATA box and a -35 region and that the start sequence is TAC, but what does all of that mean?How do you find the start site of DNA transcription in a DNA sequence?
A TATA box is just that it is a T-A-T-A sequence. Then you want to find the first start codon which will always transcribe a M (AUG). From there each three will transcribe until you hit a stop codon.

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