Protein Expression
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Protein Expression
The DNA within the nucleus carries the instructions on how to produce proteins. It is the genes within the nucleus that undergo a process called gene transcription. The information on how to make a protein is sent to RNA or ribonucleic acid (DNA is deoxy ribonucleic acid), and when it exits the nucleus and enters the cytoplasm of the cell itself, the code that has been transcribed onto it is decoded by structures called ribosomes and then the process of combining free amino acids to build the protein begins. Recombinant DNA is used to make up 'novel proteins' in this manner.
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