RNA and Protein Synthesis Answer Key
Follow the process of transcription and translation to see how DNA codes for proteins.
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DNA to RNA
Q1.What's transcription?
The process where DNA is copied into messenger RNA (mRNA) in the nucleus.
Q2.How is RNA different from DNA?
RNA is single-stranded, has uracil (U) instead of thymine (T), and has ribose sugar instead of deoxyribose.
Q3.What does mRNA do?
It carries the genetic instructions from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosomes in the cytoplasm.
Making Proteins
Q4.What's translation?
Q5.What's a codon?
Q6.What does tRNA do?
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