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ABSTRACT The objective of our project is to create a hands-on visual kit, which doubles as a teaching aid, which teaches gene expression. This kit is also customizable to make it user-friendly. By following the step-by-step instructions provided in the kit, users will get to ‘make’ their very own proteins and learn about genetics, as well as the significance and importance of gene sequence in the DNA and how variations in it can lead to devastating results like genetic disorders. INTRODUCTION Currently, there are no interactive life sciences kits in the market, thus the objective of our project is to create a hands-on kit to explain and help students visualise and understand the basic mechanisms behind gene expression. This kit can also serve as a teaching aid for biology teachers. Genes in DNA serve as special messages encoded to produce proteins responsible for an organism’s characteristics. The conversion of these “messages” into proteins is called gene expression. Gene expression consists of two steps, namely transcription and translation. Transcription generates a single-stranded RNA identical in sequence with one of the strands of the duplex DNA. Several different types of RNA are generated by transcription, but here, we will be focusing on the transcription of DNA into the messenger RNA (mRNA). The strand of DNA that directs synthesis of the mRNA via complementary base pair is called the template strand.
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