6.4 - Gene Expression, Genetic Technologies, & Ethics 

 

Notes

- Resources 


- Textbook reading corner

Vocab: gene regulation, promoter, operator, operon, repressor, regulatory gene, activators, nucleosome, epigenetic inheritance, histones, differentiation, X-chromosome inactivation, alternative RNA splicing, signal transduction pathway, stem cells, oncogene, tumor-suppressor genes, gene therapy, transgenic organisms

Text Pages: 


Ch 11-12

p. 208-252

Learning Targets: 

1) I can explain how cells can turn genes on and off through a variety of mechanisms. 

2) I can identify how changes in gene expression can lead to out-of-control cell growth 

3) I can organize the variety of lab techniques that can be used to further DNA technology.