Teacher Handout: mRNAs

Directions: Label envelopes with the type of cell. Then, cut out the sequence(s) to place in each envelop. Paperclip that pair of cells that are related. For example, the normal liver cell will be paper clipped to the cancerous liver cell.

Normal Liver Cell

U U A G C C A U G A G G A A G C C G A U U U C G G

Cancerous Liver Cell

U U A G C C A U G A G G A A G C C G A U U U C G G

Developing chicken embryo

U A G C C A U G A G C U A G G G U U U U A C C G C

Adult chicken

C C A U G A G G A A G C U A G G G U U U U A C C G

Healthy 80 year old’s brain cell

C A U G A G G A A G C U A G G A G G A A G C C G A

Alzheimer’s Patient brain cell

G G G G A U U U A A A C G C G A A A U U U G C G C

Schizophrenic Mouse brain cell

A A G C C G A U U U C G G U U A G C C A U G A U U

Normal Mouse brain cell

A A G C C G A U U U C G G U U A G C C A U G A U U

Normal lung cell

U A G C C G A G G A A G C C G A A U G A G G A A G

Asthmatic lung cell

U A G C C G A G G A A G C C G A A U G A G G A A G