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MariaMorenoPerez

Period2nd

SummaryofTranscriptionandTranslation

Whenweeatfoodgoesinandwhatisinfood(proteins,carbohydrates,lipids
andnucleicacids)arethenbrokendownandcombinedintoaminoacidsto
makeproteinsthatweneed.Theirare3RNAsthatareusedduringthe
processmRNA(themessenger),rRNA(theribosomal)andthenthetRNA
(thetransferer).AndwhattranscriptioniswhentheRNApolymerasegrabs
aholdofDNAandcreatesmRNAgenewastranscriptedintotripletchains
calledcodons.ThenthemRNAleavesthenucleusthroughnuclearporesand
intothecytoplasmandgrabontosomeribosomesandturnedintoanticodns
bytRNAtomakeproteins.AndtheprocessforthatiscalledTranslation.
Andthereare3lettercodesforanaminoacid.

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