Gene expression in eukaryotes.
Gene expression in eukaryotes is influenced by a wide variety of mechanisms, including the loss, amplification, and rearrangement of genes. Genes are differentially transcribed, and the RNA transcripts are variably utilized. Multigene families regulate the amount, the diversity, and the timing of gene expression. The present level of understanding of gene expression in eukaryotes is attributable mainly to biochemical methods rather than to traditional genetics. The new techniques that permit analysis and modification of purified genes of known function will identify both the control regions in eukaryotic genes and the molecules within cells that influence gene expression.
D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002468:Cell Physiological Phenomena; D005057:Eukaryotic Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D005784:Gene Amplification; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005796:Genes; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000235:genetics; D012323:RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
D011498:Protein Precursors; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal