RNA is not converted into protein, it codes for protein.
Through the process of translation.
Transfer RNA (tRNA) converts the master code (on DNA) which is now on mRNA into a protein. It makes sure that the codes match.
Protein
Antisense technology is based on stopping the production of a protein. In order for a protein to be formed, the mRNA has to be translated (read by the ribosomes). The happens in the cytoplasm. There are stretches of nucleic acid bases called cDNA that are complimentary to specific mRNA sequences. These cDNA molecules can bind to the mRNA molecules and inactivate them. When mRNA is inactivated, it cannot be translated into a protein and a protein will not be formed. Since every protein is made by a certain mRNA, by inactivating the mRNA using cDNA molecules, the production of the protein can be stopped. This process is called mRNA silencing or antisense technology
Transcription is the creation of an mRNA from a DNA template. The mRNA then carries the instructions to the ribosome where they are translated into a protein.
The mRNA is coded by the tRNA to make a protein.
Transfer RNA (tRNA) converts the master code (on DNA) which is now on mRNA into a protein. It makes sure that the codes match.
DNA -> transcription -> pre-mRNA -> mRNA processing -> mRNA -> translation -> protein
tRNA carries the protein parts to the ribosome and the mRNA.
mRNA
Protein
Antisense technology is based on stopping the production of a protein. In order for a protein to be formed, the mRNA has to be translated (read by the ribosomes). The happens in the cytoplasm. There are stretches of nucleic acid bases called cDNA that are complimentary to specific mRNA sequences. These cDNA molecules can bind to the mRNA molecules and inactivate them. When mRNA is inactivated, it cannot be translated into a protein and a protein will not be formed. Since every protein is made by a certain mRNA, by inactivating the mRNA using cDNA molecules, the production of the protein can be stopped. This process is called mRNA silencing or antisense technology
Transcription is the creation of an mRNA from a DNA template. The mRNA then carries the instructions to the ribosome where they are translated into a protein.
mRNA
Protein Parts
Protein Parts
In translation (RNA to Protein) a ribosome attaches to an mRNA strand and uses the mRNA to create a protein. There are other types of RNA and protein that can modify the mRNA strand but ribosomes are the main structure involved in translation.
translation, where the ribsome converts mRNA codon into amino acids polypeptide