RNA processing 1. Pretend the following string of letters is a sequence of DNA his sequence has introns and exons in which the exons are actual English words In the example below, find the exons and introns A) Underline the exons and circle the introns THEQRASTRVAFATORASTRVACATQRASTRVAATEQRASTRVATHEQRASTRVARED QRASTRVAWETQRASTRVAR AT B) What do you notice about the introns? C) In the sentence we made before by removing the introns, which words can you leave out and still make a sentence that makes sense? Write all the possible alternatives. Solution a.Exons: THE, FAT, CAT, ATE, THE, RED, WET, RAT Introns: QRASTRVA: b. All the introns present in DNA possess same sequence. c. Other alternative sence words are: THE FAT CAT ATE RED RAT; THE FAT CAT ATE WET RAT; THE CAT ATE RED RAT; THE CAT ATE RED WET RAT etc.

1. RNA processing 1. Pretend the following string of letters is a sequence of DNA his sequence has
introns and exons in which the exons are actual English words In the example below, find the
exons and introns A) Underline the exons and circle the introns
THEQRASTRVAFATORASTRVACATQRASTRVAATEQRASTRVATHEQRASTRVARED
QRASTRVAWETQRASTRVAR AT B) What do you notice about the introns? C) In the
sentence we made before by removing the introns, which words can you leave out and still make
a sentence that makes sense? Write all the possible alternatives.
Solution
a.Exons: THE, FAT, CAT, ATE, THE, RED, WET, RAT
Introns: QRASTRVA:
b. All the introns present in DNA possess same sequence.
c. Other alternative sence words are:
THE FAT CAT ATE RED RAT; THE FAT CAT ATE WET RAT; THE CAT ATE RED RAT;
THE CAT ATE RED WET RAT etc