#making proteins

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mRNA Translation

-- process of translating sequence of messenger RNA

-- messenger RNA = mRNA

-- turns sequence into amino acids

-- ribosome reads mRNA sequence in groups of three

-- three mRNA letters = codon

-- codons code for an amino acid

-- information begins in the DNA

-- transcribed into messenger RNA

-- translated from messenger RNA to protein

-- information is being transferred from one form to another

-- ribosome travels along the mRNA

-- detects the code as it goes

-- decides what amino acid to add based on the code

-- adds that amino acid to the polypeptide chain

-- this polypeptide chain becomes the protein

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