Module 7: Slides 22-43

All the elements needed to synthesize protein (mRNA, tRNA, amino acids) are brought together on the

Where does translation occur within the cell?

• Nucleus
• Cytoplasm
• Mitochondria
• Golgi Apparatus

Select all that is true: Requirements for the process of translation.

• mRNA

• Amino Acids

• Energy (ATP)

• Ribosomes (rRNA)

• Transfer RNA (tRNA)

•Transcribed version of a structural gene or genes in DNA

•Synthesized following complementary-base pairing by a process similar to the synthesis of the leading strand during DNA replication

The mRNA Message is read in triplets called

•Acts as a molecular interpreter of the mRNA code into protein

•75 to 95 nucleotides in length bent into hairpin loops to form a cloverleaf structure further packed into a complex helix

•The bottom loop of the cloverleaf exposes the tRNA-specific _________ complementary to an mRNA codon

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