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DNA: The Molecule of Life

DNA: The Molecule of Life

This course is part of Introduction to Biology Specialization

Instructor: Pearson

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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4 hours to complete

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1 module

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

Recommended experience

4 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Analyze the molecular processes of DNA replication, transcription, and translation that govern the flow of genetic information.
Assess how gene expression is regulated and how mutations in these processes can impact human health.

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Learn how DNA, the molecule of life, uses a precise set of processes to sustain the cell. This course breaks down the central dogma of molecular biology, exploring replication, which copies DNA; transcription, which accesses its genetic information; and translation, which uses that information to build essential proteins. You will also discover how the cell intelligently regulates which proteins are made to keep itself healthy. By the end of this course, you will be able to explain how DNA is replicated and expressed to maintain cellular function.

In this course, we will begin to develop an understanding of the molecule that makes all of life possible, DNA. It does this through replication, which makes a copy of the DNA. It does this through transcription, which allows the cell to access the information to make proteins. It does this through translation, which uses this information to make the proteins that keep the cell alive. Finally, we’ll see how the cell determines which proteins are necessary to keep it healthy.

What's included

1 video2 assignments4 app items4 plugins

1 videoTotal 3 minutes

Transcription & Translation3 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 60 minutes

Graded Quiz30 minutes
Practice Quiz30 minutes

4 app itemsTotal 145 minutes

Reading: DNA pp. 314-33235 minutes
Reading: Genetic Expression pp. 335-34625 minutes
Reading: Translation and Mutation pp. 347-36230 minutes
Reading: Regulating Genetic Expression pp. 365-39555 minutes

4 pluginsTotal 20 minutes

Interactive: Enzymes in DNA Replication5 minutes
Interactive: Messenger RNA5 minutes
Interactive: RNAs5 minutes
Interactive: The Lac Operon5 minutes

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