Messenger RNA
mRNA (messenger RNA) is the mediating template between DNA
and proteins. The information from a particular gene is transferred
from a strand of DNA by the construction of a complementary strand
of RNA through a process known as transcription. Next three nucleotide
segments of RNA, called tRNA (transfer RNA), which are attached
to specific amino acids, match up with the template strand of
mRNA to order the amino acids correctly. These amino acids are
then bonded together to form a protein. This process, called translation
occurs in the ribosome, which is composed of proteins and the
third kind of RNA, rRNA (ribosomal RNA)
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