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HARUN YAHYA
Figure 3.1
The RNA polymerase enzyme RNA polymerase
copies the requisite information
on the DNA, in a process
known as transcription. It is
sent to the ribosomes for pro-
duction according to the infor-
mation on the copied RNA
section. Transcriptional
direction

mRNA is
forming

start command stop command

stop command start command TRANSCRIPTION start command

start command Copied RNA (messenger RNA) stop command

start command first codon second codon (mRNA) stop command Figure 3.2
Every three consecutive
nucleotides (codon) in
mRNA specifies a particular
Anticodon
amino acid in protein syn-
thesis.
Each amino acid is attached
to the ribosome by the cor-
Amino acid-bound
transfer RNA responding transfer RNA.
amino
acid

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