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Discuss/diagram the process from gene to protein. In other words, how do you build a protein based on a sequence of DNA?

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The solution describes the processes of transcription and translation during protein synthesis.

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Protein synthesis (from DNA) consists of transcription and translation.

TRANSCRIPTION is the copying of the DNA molecule by messenger RNA (mRNA). First, a segment of the DNA is "unzipped". unzips. RNA binds with the unzipped DNA via complementary base pairing ...

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