Gene Structure in Eukaryotic Cells is a part of the VCE Biology area of study ‘How Do Cellular Processes Work?’. It is part of the subtopic ‘Nucleic Acids and Proteins’. In eukaryotes, the section of DNA that codes for a protein isn’t continuous. Instead, the region is made of stretches of exons and introns. Exon regions are kept in mature mRNA molecules, while introns are ‘spliced’ out during post-transcriptional processing. Once the exon regions are spliced together, they form a continuous coding region.
Watch these videos to learn more!
How Are Eukaryotic Genes Structured?
Watch this next video to learn about eukaryotic gene structure.
Transcription and mRNA Processing
Watch this next video to learn about introns and exons, and how they fit into the concept of transcription.
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