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DNA sequence into its RNA equivalent

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I am having problems understaning how to convert the following DNA sequence into its RNA equivalent and then using the genetic code, converting that RNA sequence into the amino acid sequence.
5'-TACTTCTTCAAGACT-3'

How do you determine what information is contained in the code?

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This job shows which codons match with each amino acid.

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DNA is made up of four nucleotides that get there letter names from the nitrogenous base they have (A is adenine, T for thymine, G for guanine, and C for cytosine). DNA holds the instructions for making certain proteins, but DNA does not leave the nucleus, so a copy of the instructions (the gene) must be made to be sent out into the ...

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