
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.


