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Gene Expression Part 1: Reading Genes to Make Proteins

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This lesson describes the steps involved in a cell as DNA sequence information is read to make RNA and RNA is read to make proteins.

Overview of Gene Expression Part 1

Don Lee
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Patricia Hain
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA

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A gene will only control a trait in an organism when the gene is expressed. This means the gene is read in the cell to make a protein that carries out a specific function. This lesson describes the basic steps in the gene expression process.

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This project was supported in part by the National Research Initiative Competitive Grants CAP project 2011-68002-30029 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, adminstered by the University of California-Davis and by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Undergraduate Education, National SMETE Digital Library Program, Award #0938034, administered by the University of Nebraska. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the USDA or NSF.