Defining a gene
Within a bacterial gene, the information for a protein is found
in a continuous sequence, Beginning with ATG and ending
with a STOP codon
Start
Stop
3’
5’
5’
3’
ATG
CCG
GTA
CCT
CTG
AAT
...
AGG
GCT
GGC
CCC
TAG
Met-Pro-Va-Pro-Leu-Asn
Arg-Ala-Gly-Pro STOP