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I guess DNA can’t                              Alack! Yon handsome
exactly send the                                    ribosome will
blueprints to the
                                                 never learn of my
   ribosome in a                                       affections...
        letter...

                                                                      Squawk?!

Hmmm...                    How in the world
                           can the blueprints

                              get outside of
                                the nucleus?

         That’s where RNA                  RNA reads and transcribes the
           saves the day!         blueprints written in the DNA and carries

                                      that information to the ribosomes,
                                         where proteins will be created!

                                               Transcription

                           Gasp!  Replication

                                                                         Translation

                                                              Protein

         You don’t say!                                                    Coooool!
                                                                     That really is an
                                                                     important role!

                                  Actually, there are
                                  several different

                                       types of RNA.

                                  The types of RNA that
                                  play a role in protein

                                    synthesis are mRNA,
                                         rRNA, and tRNA.
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