RNA
RNA (ribonucleic acid) is an information encoded strand of
nucleotides, similar to DNA, but with a slightly different chemical
structure. There are three main forms of RNA, each a slightly
different function. 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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