Protein Synthesis

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The assembling of new molecules, especially polymers.

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Synthesis

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Assembling proteins via instructions from DNA.

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Protein synthesis

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A single strand of nucleotides made by DNA that is used to communicate genetic code outside the nucleus.

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RNA

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DNA makes RNA → RNA makes proteins →

Proteins make life.

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Central Dogma

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Double stranded DNA is unzipped, and one strand is used as a template to form Messenger RNA.

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Transcription

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Messenger RNA travels out of the nucleus to ribosomes and is used as a template to assemble a protein.

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Translation

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A single strand of nucleotides coded by DNA which travels to the ribosomes in the cytoplasm to give instructions for building proteins.

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mRNA

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A small section of RNA that transports amino acids to the ribosome for synthesis into proteins.

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tRNA

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A nucleotide base that takes the place of Thymine in RNA.

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Uracil

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The enzyme that codes mRNA from DNA instructions.

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RNA Polymerase