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Please integrate this factoid - should be in lede
* If the DNA is correctly "read" and its recipe precisely
followed, the "right" proteins will be produced
in the cell and the gene will have been "expressed." If, however, the process is blocked, either through
biological
accident or through normal feedback mechanisms at higher levels, the gene is said to have
been "repressed." [http://www.mygenes.co.nz/Ch1.pdf]
[[Genes]] are segments of [[DNA]] that contain the information required to make a [[protein]]. Gene expression refers to all the processes involved in converting genetic information from a [[DNA]] sequence, or [[protein]]. In [[prokaryote]]s, there are just two processes required: [[transcription]] and [[translation]]. In [[eukaryote]]s, there is an additional step [[RNA]] processing (splicing), which intervenes.
[[Genes]] are segments of [[DNA]] that contain the information required to make a [[protein]]. Gene expression refers to all the processes involved in converting genetic information from a [[DNA]] sequence, or [[protein]]. In [[prokaryote]]s, there are just two processes required: [[transcription]] and [[translation]]. In [[eukaryote]]s, there is an additional step [[RNA]] processing (splicing), which intervenes.