THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE
DNA MAKES RNA MAKES PROTEIN
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Nucleus
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Cytoplasm
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Ribosome
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Detailed explanation-1: -Thus, in eukaryotes, while transcription occurs in the nucleus, translation occurs in the cytoplasm.
Detailed explanation-2: -Eukaryotic transcription occurs within the nucleus where DNA is packaged into nucleosomes and higher order chromatin structures. The complexity of the eukaryotic genome necessitates a great variety and complexity of gene expression control.
Detailed explanation-3: -During transcription, a piece of DNA that codes for a specific gene is copied into messenger RNA (mRNA) in the nucleus of the cell. The mRNA then carries the genetic information from the DNA to the cytoplasm, where translation occurs.
Detailed explanation-4: -In eukaryotic cell, transcription takes place in the nucleus in 3 steps-initiation, elongation and termination using the RNA polymerases.
Detailed explanation-5: -Transcription occurs in the nucleus and not in the cytoplasm in eukaryotes because eukaryotes store the DNA in the nucleus. In prokaryotes, there is no nucleus and the DNA is in the cytoplasm. Thus, transcription can occur in the cytoplasm as well.