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| Is the process by which DNA directs the synthesis of proteins (in some cases, just RNAs) |
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| Is the synthesis of RNA under the direction of DNA. results in mRNA. |
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| Messenger RNA. It carries a genetic message from the DNA to the protein-synthesising machinery of the cell. |
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| Is the synthesis of a polypeptide, which occurs under the direction of mRNA. The cell must translate the base sequence of an mRNA molecule into the amino acid sequence of a polypeptide. |
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| Is the site where translation takes place. Are complex particles that facilitate the orderly linking of amino acids into polypeptide chains. |
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| The genetic instructions for a polypeptide chain are written in the DNA as a series of non-overlapping, three-nucleotide words. |
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| The mRNA base triplets and they are customarily written in the 5'->3' direction. |
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