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The process by which proteins, encoded in the genome, are ultimately synthesized.

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What are some examples of genes that code for multiple proteins?

The title pretty much says it all. It is widely taught that a gene in a eukaryotic system could produce more than one protein due to post-transcriptional modification, but I do not believe I have come ...
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why do chaperones bring protein into mitochondria? why would mitochondria need protein?

Sounds trivial? Please help to sort out. I saw this picture while looking at dehydration reactions and cell revision. And proceeded to the reference web page. Protein Folding and Processing in ...
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Life cycle of proteins

I try to get a picture of the life cycle of a protein (considered as a specific molecule). This is how I can imagine it: After the cell is born a protein molecule is synthesized by gene expression ...
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Why does it matter to predict protein structure?

And how do you predict it ? What is your input data (sequence of amino acids, temperature, pH, ...) ? Is there a "standardized" input that scientists agree on ? Moreover, I've read that knowing the ...
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How to put a gene under the control of a regulable promoter?

Suppose I have a hetrologous (eukaryotic, plant) gene sequence that I want to express in E Coli under the control of a regulable promoter (say the lac promoter induced by IPTG) how exactly does one ...
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Is protein production doubled if you have homozygous dominant genes as opposed to heterozygous genes?

At school we were taught in quite simplistic terms. We were told that there is a dominant and recessive type of every gene and that if the dominant gene was present, the protein is produced and if it ...
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