Somewhat...
a: Dna transcription ~
b: a work order
What: "In this way, an RNA transcript is like a work order given to the rest of the cell for production of a specific protein." From page 22 of the book:
"Review: How to Defeat Your Own Clone and Other Tips for Surviving the Biotech Revolution"
Writer: Kyle Kurpinski
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Date: May 15 2013 1:54 PM
The Spaces Between The Meaning....
a: Dna transcription ~
b: meaningless pages in a book
What: "Each primary RNA transcript is like an instruction manual that contains groups of meaningless pages at apparently random intervals. These are called "introns," and must be "snipped" out of the sequence so that the meaningful chapters, called "exons," can be connected to form a final version of the instructions."
Writer: Richard Brill
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Date: May 15 2013 1:56 PM
Reading This Into That....
a: Dna transcription ~
b: reading a book
What: "Transcription is like reading a book, in which letters are codes for a word and a bunch of words can lead to a sentence. In this case, each letter is a nucleotide and each word is a amino acid, which then can be strung along into a sentence or protein."
Writer: Manoj Palavalli
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: May 15 2013 2:02 PM
Lot And Lots Of Steps....
a: Dna transcription ~
b: running an obsticle course
What: A cartoon comparing the transcription process to a person running through an obstacle course.
Writer: anonymous
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Date: May 15 2013 2:09 PM
Good One....
a: Dna transcription ~
b: having sex
What: "Transcription is like having sex. RNA polymerase gets turned on by the DNA, and he's like 'Damn! I want to unzip those genes!' So he gets all on top of her and unwinds her." A piece of an online novel, I think.
Writer: Yuffie
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: May 15 2013 2:13 PM
Something Is Being Copied...
a: Dna transcription ~
b: replication
What: "Two strands of DNA in the double helix: one is "informational" and the other is the "template". The DNA
unwinds and the complementary strand is "transcribed" into RNA... Transcription is like replication: RNA polymerase operating on a DNA strand with RNA nucleotides as the starting materials."
Writer: mfshack
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Date: May 15 2013 2:16 PM
The Product Is The Transcript
a: Dna transcription ~
b: copy of a page from an old book
What: "The process of transcription is like making a handwritten copy of a page from the original text for actual use. In this analogy, the cookbook is the DNA. It carries many recipes (for DNA the recipes contain information on how to construct proteins. The recipes are the genes.). The handwritten copy is a transcription of the text (that is, a copy in the same language but in a different form) that is being used for a specific recipe (a certain protein). "
Writer: William Sofer
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: May 15 2013 2:21 PM
a: DNA Transcription ~
b: Compilation
What:
"And then I saw the analogy. What if DNA was C++, RNA was C and proteins was machine code? Yes, the hard and dirty work inside the cell was done by the protein code, representing the deep dark actions of the biochemistry, and of course, DNA was the C++. The analogy stretches even further when you think about compiler macros that are often embedded in C++ source files that depend on important information about the enviroment that the program is compiled in. This would make the compiler the ribosome."
Writer: Bosco K. Ho
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Date: Apr 29 2014 6:32 PM
