The Story
Those with protanopic color blindness (or red-green colorblindness) find it difficult to differentiate between red and green pigments, like in the image below.
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We have a DNA sequence that encodes for this gene. Can we identify from that, both the gene sequence and the protein sequence? Find the concepts and resources you need to do this below.
Molecular Biology Concepts
DNA, RNA and Proteins: A molecular biology primer
Programming concepts
Variables, loops, conditionals: A Python Introduction
Problem sets
- Count how many nucleotides are in our DNA sequence
Convert the DNA sequence to RNA
Identify just the protein coding regions of the RNA
Translate RNA into protein
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Additional Resources