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RNA has several jobs So DNA acts as the
blueprint for proteins
Cytoplasm
Nucleus and is found in the
nucleus of a cell.
It’s actually
trapped there and
can never escape to
the cytoplasm!*
Kumi, do you remember * The chloroplasts (in photosynthetic cells)
ribosomes, which and mitochondria floating in the cytoplasm
create proteins? contain their own characteristic DNA.
Errr... Although they look like specks
of salt from a distance, when
we zoom in they look more like
little snowmen all jumbled
together.
Hee (See page 27.)
hee
They adhere to the
Pop endoplasmic reticulum or
quiz!
float in the cytoplasm.
Yep! Ribosomes, which Nucleus
synthesize proteins, are
Cytoplasm Oh no!
in the cytoplasm...
We’ve got
But DNA can’t leave to get
the nucleus...
those two
together!
DNA
Cell
Ribosome
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