Page 233 - The Manga Guide to Biochemistry

In other words, a gene Wow...
is just an arrangement
This arrangement of
of bases in a certain bases is called the
section of DNA.
base sequence.*

For us Gene
humans...

Gene

Gene Only 1.5%?!
That’s
...only approximately 1.5% of insane!
the DNA in a cell acts as the

blueprints for proteins.**

The remaining 98.5% contains elements So there are still
that regulate the work of genes, as well mysteries to be
solved, eh?
as a small part made up of introns.***

Also, there are many parts that are
believed to have been transferred

in for some reason during the
course of our evolution.

Even now, there are many
sequences of DNA that we
don’t really understand at all.

* In this book, we’ll generally say that genes are “written” (in the form of a base sequence) in DNA.
** Actually, the exon part of genes is considered to be 1.5% of the whole. (See page 227.)

*** We’ll examine introns and exons further on page 227.