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1.3 use available evidence to analyse the links between gene expression and maintenance and repair of body tissues
use available evidence to analyse the links between gene expression and maintenance and repair of body tissue
- From HSC module 9.2, Maintaining a balance, recall the mechanism by which the information carried by genes controls the structure of proteins.
Protein synthesis
and Steps leading from gene to protein
from Access Excellence, the US National Health Museum’s site.
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Gene expression refers to the transfer of information from a gene to produce a protein or RNA. If you cut yourself, the genetic code contained in all your cells is used to form the new tissue to repair the damage from the cut.
- Analyse the information by identifying cause and effect relationships between gene expression and the maintenance and repair of body tissue.
Consider, that if a certain gene expresses, what the effect will be on:
- regulation of the cell cycle
- mitosis
- protein synthesis.
- Use the information you have gathered to synthesise an account of the connection between gene expression and the maintenance of healthy tissue.