A codon
Messenger RNA
Messenger RNA (mRNA) is a copy of the DNA message that is transcribed in the nucleus and can be translated into proteins in the cytoplasm. It carries the genetic information from the DNA to the ribosomes where protein synthesis occurs.
The mRNA carries information to the ribosomes. This is known as 'messenger' RNA because it carries the message, the base sequence from the nucleus to the ribosome. This mRNA is then translated into an amino acid sequence (polypeptide/protein) at the ribosome.
it copies a code from the DNA
It is a codon.The word was coined in 1962 by Sydney Brenner for a group of three nucleotides (or their bases) in DNA that code for one amino acid. Since then the word has also been extended to apply to messenger RNA.
The genetic messenger is called messenger RNA or mRNA. It carries the genetic information from the DNA in the cell's nucleus to the ribosomes in the cytoplasm where proteins are synthesized.
The process in which the DNA code is transferred to messenger RNA is called transcription. During transcription, RNA polymerase reads the DNA sequence and synthesizes a complementary RNA molecule, which serves as a template for protein synthesis.
RNA does not become protein. Messenger RNA transcribes the DNA code and carries it to a ribosome where it is translated by transfer RNA into a sequence of amino acids that will make a protein. The entire process is called protein synthesis.
The messenger RNA
A single stranded RNA molecule that encodes the information to make a protein is called messenger RNA (mRNA). This molecule serves as a template for protein synthesis during translation in the ribosomes of a cell.
Messenger RNA (mRNA) is the type of RNA that carries the genetic information from the DNA in the nucleus to the ribosomes in the cytoplasm, where proteins are synthesized.
True. Transfer RNA (tRNA) is a type of RNA molecule that carries specific amino acids to the ribosome during protein synthesis. It plays a key role in translating the genetic code from messenger RNA into proteins.