RNA AND TRANSCRIPTION
Transcription
Fill in the blanks below. On the illustration of transcription, label
forming mRNA, the completed strand of mRNA and a free nucleotic
Name
in the illustration of transcription, label the DNA, the newly-
Messenger RNA (MRNA) carries the instructions to make a
particular
_ from the DNA in the
to the ribosomes. The process of
producing mRNA from instructions in the DNA is called
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During transcription, the DNA molecule unwinds and
separates, exposing the nitrogenous bases. Free RNA
-pair with the exposed bases. There is
no
- in RNA.
pairs with adenine (A) instead. RNA contains the sugar
instead of deoxyribose. The mRNA
molecule is completed by the formation of
between the RNA
.and it then separates from the DNA.
The mRNA molecule is a
_strand, unlike
DNA
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