RNA and protein synthesis

Figure 8.2 Figure 8.3

Figure 8.4AB 20

Figure 8.4C 21

Transcription Initiation Figure 8.6 22

How Sigma Factor Recognizes Specific DNA Sequences Figure 8.5C 24

Figure 8.8 25

The Ribosome Ribosomes are composed of two subunits, each of which includes rRNA and proteins. In prokaryotes, the subunits are 30S and 50S and combine to form the 70S ribosome. Figure 8.16 26

Figure 8.15 The charging of tRNAs is carried out by a set of enzymes called aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases. 27

Figure 8.12B Figure 8.13 28

Defining a Gene Alignment of a bacterial structural gene with its mRNA transcript Figure 8.21 29

Translation Initiation Figure 8.23 30

Translation Elongation Figure 8.24 31

Translation Termination Figure 8.27 32