How Cells Make Proteins

How Cells Make Proteins

9th Grade · Science · 40 min· Stemscopes

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Learning Objective

I can describe the roles of DNA, mRNA, and tRNA in protein synthesis.

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    The central dogma, developed by Francis Crick, explains how DNA contains genes that code for specific proteins.

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    During transcription, RNA polymerase copies a gene from DNA into messenger RNA (mRNA) inside the nucleus.

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    In translation, the ribosome reads the mRNA codons, and transfer RNA (tRNA) brings the corresponding amino acids to build a polypeptide chain, forming a protein.