THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE
DNA MAKES RNA MAKES PROTEIN
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The process by which the sequence of bases of an mRNA is converted into the sequence of amino acids of a protein is called ____
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transcription
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transformation
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protein synthesis
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translation
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -During translation, which is the second major step in gene expression, the mRNA is “read” according to the genetic code, which relates the DNA sequence to the amino acid sequence in proteins (Figure 2).
Detailed explanation-2: -The mRNA is then pulled through the ribosome; as its codons encounter the ribosome’s active site, the mRNA nucleotide sequence is translated into an amino acid sequence using the tRNAs as adaptors to add each amino acid in the correct sequence to the end of the growing polypeptide chain.
Detailed explanation-3: -Translation is the process by which a protein is synthesized from the information contained in a molecule of messenger RNA (mRNA).
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