RNA Processing
Familial Dysautonomia
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Cystic Fibrosis
100

Where does RNA processing occur?

Nucleus

100

Familia Dysautonomia is a disease of the ____system?

Nervous

100

DMD is ___recessive

X-Linked

100

What is one organ affected by CF?

Lungs, liver, pancreas, etc

200

What are 2 ways RNA processing controls gene expression

mRNA splicing, editing, localization, stability, and interference

200

IKBKAP encodes for the protein___

IKAP
200

What is the protein whose truncation is caused by a mutation in the DMD gene?

Dystrophin

200

What is a mutation that can cause CF?

Frameshift, deletion, alternative splicing, codon mutations

300

What are the 3 steps of RNA processing

Capping at the 5’ end, PolyAdenylation at the 3’ end, and Splicing to remove the introns and rejoin the coding sections

300
Mutant mRNA of this disease forms a ____IKAP?

truncated IKAP. 

300

Mutation in the DMD gene leads to ___(RNA product)

premature truncation

300

CFTR gene encode for ____ protein on chromosome ___.


CFTR protein, Chromosome 7


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