Genes & the Genetic Code: What is a Gene?

Section of [blank_start]DNA[blank_end] that contains the coded information for making p[blank_start]olypeptides[blank_end] and [blank_start]functional[blank_end] RNA. The coded information is in the form of a specific sequence of b[blank_start]ases[blank_end].

[blank_start]Polypeptides[blank_end] make up [blank_start]proteins[blank_end] and so genes determine the proteins of an [blank_start]organism[blank_end]

It is located at a particular position, called a [blank_start]locus[blank_end], on a DNA molecule

It is the base sequence of DNA that c[blank_start]odes[blank_end] for: - the amino acid sequence of a poly[blank_start]peptide[blank_end] - or a functional RNA (including r[blank_start]ibosomal[blank_end] and t[blank_start]ransfer[blank_end] RNA)