Messenger RNAmRNA (messenger RNA) is the mediating template between DNA and proteins. The
information from a particular gene is transferred from a strand of DNA by the
construction of a complementary strand of RNA through a process known as
transcription. Next three nucleotide segments of RNA, called tRNA (transfer
RNA), which are attached to specific amino acids, match up with the template
strand of mRNA to order the amino acids correctly. These amino acids are then
bonded together to form a protein. This process, called translation occurs in
the ribosome, which is composed of proteins and the third kind of RNA, rRNA
(ribosomal RNA)
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