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A diagram of a cell is shown.

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What is the process occurring in the nucleus of the cell seen in the diagram?

A.
termination, the release of a completed polypeptide chain

B.
elongation, the binding of amino acids with a peptide bond

C.
transcription, the decoding of DNA into a messenger RNA molecule

D.
translation, the production of proteins from messenger RNA

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C. transcription — DNA is decoded into messenger RNA in the nucleus. Translation (including elongation/termination steps) occurs on cytoplasmic ribosomes, not in the nucleus.