Rlegaspi Week 2

Individual Journal Assignment Assignment

Homework Partner

Trixie Roque
BIOL 367, Fall 2015

The Genetic Code

Original DNA Strand

5’-cgtatgctaataccatgttccgcgtataacccagccgccagttccgctggcggcatttta-3’

Complementary DNA Strand to the above DNA Strand

3'-gcatacgattatggtacaaggcgcatattgggtcggcggtcaaggcgaccgccgtaaaat-5'

Six Possible Reading Frames in the DNA sequence

• Reading Frames from 5' to 3' strand (Original Strand)
  • +1

• • +2

• • +3

• Reading Frames from 3' to 5' strand (Complimentary Strand)
  • -1

• • -2

• • -3

* - Indicates an Open Reading Frame