BYU ScholarsArchive

Title

Genetic Stop Signs: Nontraditional Sequences that Terminate RNA Production

Authors

Christina Iverson, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow
Samuel Scott, Brigham Young University - Provo

Files

Keywords

Transcription, Termination, E. Coli, Fluorescence, RNA

Abstract

3rd place open house

Gene expression can change everything about the identity of a bacterial cell. This process begins when the protein RNA polymerase reads a DNA strand and produces, or transcribes, a matching messenger RNA sequence. This RNA sequence will then be read by a protein-building complex which builds a protein encoded by the RNA. When RNA polymerase finishes producing the RNA sequence, the RNA polymerase will fall off the DNA strand, known as transcription termination. Currently, there are two known mechanisms for transcription termination. We believe that there may be more unknown mechanisms for termination.

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Iverson, Christina and Scott, Samuel, "Genetic Stop Signs: Nontraditional Sequences that Terminate RNA Production" (2023). Library/Life Sciences Undergraduate Poster Competition 2023. 42.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/library_studentposters_2023/42

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

2023-03-03

Language

English

College

Life Sciences

Department

Microbiology and Molecular Biology

University Standing at Time of Publication

Junior

Copyright Use Information

https://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/