Figure 17.0 Ribosome

Figure 17.0 Ribosome

Figure 17.1 Beadle and Tatum’s evidence for the one gene-one enzyme hypothesis

Figure 17.2 Overview: the roles of transcription and translation in the flow of genetic information (Layer 1)

Figure 17.3 The triplet code

Figure 17.4 The dictionary of the genetic code

Figure 17.5 A tobacco plant expressing a firefly gene

Figure 17.6 The stages of transcription: initiation, elongation, and termination (Layer 1)

Figure 17.6 The stages of transcription: elongation

Figure 17.7 The initiation of transcription at a eukaryotic promoter

Figure 17.8 RNA processing; addition of the 5 cap and poly(A) tail

Figure 17.9 RNA processing: RNA splicing

Figure 17.10 The roles of snRNPs and spliceosomes in mRNA splicing

Figure 17.11 Correspondence between exons and protein domains

Figure 17.12 Translation: the basic concept

Figure 17.13a The structure of transfer RNA (tRNA)

Figure 17.13b The structure of transfer RNA (tRNA)

Figure 17.14 An aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase joins a specific amino acid to a tRNA

Figure 17.15 The anatomy of a functioning ribosome

Figure 17.16 Structure of the large ribosomal subunit at the atomic level

Figure 17.17 The initiation of translation

Figure 17.18 The elongation cycle of translation

Figure 17.19 The termination of translation

Figure 17.20 Polyribosomes

Figure 17.21 The signal mechanism for targeting proteins to the ER

Table 17.1 Types of RNA in a Eukaryotic Cell

Figure 17.22 Coupled transcription and translation in bacteria

Figure 17.23 The molecular basis of sickle-cell disease: a point mutation

Figure 17.24 Categories and consequences of point mutations: Base-pair insertion or deletion

Figure 17.24 Categories and consequences of point mutations: Base-pair substitution

Figure 17.25 A summary of transcription and translation in a eukaryotic cell

Figure 17.0 Ribosome