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Transcription and Translation

Transcription and Translation. Transcription The process by which chemical information encoded in DNA is copied into mRNA Transcription is classically described in three distinct steps: initiation, elongation and termination. Initiation. Elongation. OH. OH. OH. Translation.

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Transcription and Translation

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  1. Transcription and Translation

  2. Transcription • The process by which chemical information encoded in DNA is copied into mRNA • Transcription is classically described in three distinct steps: initiation, elongation and termination.

  3. Initiation

  4. Elongation OH OH OH

  5. Translation • The process of converting the information in mRNA into a protein. • 3 main parts- Initiation, Elongation, Termination University of Colorado Translation Movie

  6. 1. Initiation

  7. 2. Elongation

  8. 3. Termination McGraw Hill Movies.

  9. Polysomes (Polyribosomes) • A single mRNA molecule usually has many ribosomes traveling along it in various stages of synthesizing the polypeptide. This complex is called a polysome Polyribosome Movie

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