how do cells use the base sequence of a DNA molecule to produce a polypeptide?
i did this today in class but i couldn't get my head around it. i know it has something to do with transcription and translation.
please could somebody help me or give me any links?
thank you
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DNA is double stranded. It splited out into two single strand and produce another new strand and that created more DNA. Next, the DNA sequences are translated into amino acids. For every 3 base sequences, that would represent a single amino acid. There are specific sequences for translation to start and to stop, the t-RNA would just go to the next 3 bases to make another amino acid and this eventually build up a long chain of amino acid, which is called a polypeptide!
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