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Before the world was Syn, before Organelle, before Lamina..

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The biology I’m using for this project is Mitochondrial DNA. This particular section is a part of mtDNA called the D-loop.

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An art template is a way to sort out the information of the Mitochondrial DNA into character behaviours, storylines and world building 

Circles create Objects / Identities

Major Lines create Processes / Actions

Shapes create Joining / Splitting

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Before that, the biology is laid out in full detail and “Assigned” behaviours, stated above

These behaviours are later grouped together by their nature and are then made to follow the templates as a guide

Currently Working On:

D-loop:

also known as the displacement loop

is a non-coding region:

meaning they do not directly code for proteins

Key Characteristics and Functions:

Regulatory Elements:

Non-coding DNA harbours promoters:

enhancers:

silencers:

which bind to proteins that initiate transcription:

enhance transcription:

repress transcription:

Gene Expression Control:

These regulatory elements determine which genes are expressed in a cell, when they are expressed, and at what level, influencing cell differentiation, development, and responses to environmental cues

RNA Production:

Some non-coding DNA is transcribed into functional RNA molecules, such as tRNA, rRNA, miRNA, and long non-coding RNAs, which have diverse roles in protein synthesis, gene regulation, and other cellular processes

that plays a crucial role in mtDNA replication:

and transcription:

It's a triple-stranded region:

where a short DNA strand (7S DNA):

hybridizes to one strand of the mtDNA:

displacing the other. This region is highly polymorphic:

and contains essential elements for mtDNA regulation:

Location and Structure:

The D-loop is situated between the tRNA-Phe:

and tRNA-Pro genes:

It's a non-coding region that forms a triple-stranded structure:

with 7S DNA:

Replication and Transcription:

The D-loop serves as the origin of replication for the leading strand of mtDNA:

and also contains promoters:

for both the heavy and light strands of mtDNA:

It's a central regulatory site for mtDNA replication and transcription

High Polymorphism:

The D-loop is characterized by a high degree of variability, with two hypervariable regions, HV1:

and HV2: