Question

dna carries the cells genetic information, however, it cannot leave the
because of this, it copies part of its nucleotide sequence into a complementary copy of
during the process called
during this process, the enzyme,
separates the dna strands
one strand of dna acts as the
from which nucleotides are assembled into a strand of rna
each three - letter sequence on the mrna is called a
the start codon is and the three stop codons are uga, uag and
once the mrna leaves the nucleus, it goes to the to prepare for protein
synthesis, which is called
during this process, a molecule brings the to the ribosome
the amino acids are hooked together by bonds
the trna is able to match up to the mrna by the in its anticodons
when the codon is reached, the chain is released into the
word bank:
codon helicase aug carbohydrate cytoplasm transponder abc amino acid complimentary bases lipids mrna protein
nucleus uaan translation stop start template trna transcription def qrs, xyz mutation enzyme uaa peptide
ribosome uaa lysosome rrna

Explanation:

• DNA is located in the nucleus and cannot leave it.
• Transcription is the process where DNA copies its sequence to mRNA.
• Helicase is the enzyme that separates DNA strands.
• One DNA strand acts as a template for mRNA synthesis.
• A codon is a three - letter sequence on mRNA.
• AUG is the start codon and UAA is a stop codon.
• mRNA goes to the ribosome for translation (protein synthesis).
• tRNA brings amino acids to the ribosome.
• Amino acids are linked by peptide bonds.
• tRNA matches mRNA via complementary bases.
• When a stop codon is reached, the peptide chain is released into the cytoplasm.

Answer:

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