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mRNA is synthesized in the nucleus with the help of DNA which serve as template and the enzyme RNA polymerase. mRNA is a kind of "extract" of information stored in the DNA. Special molecular machines, called RNA Polymerases read the sequence of nucleotides (named A,C,T,G) in DNA, and makes a so called "transcript" of the DNA sequence, in the form of mRNA (some extra editing is usually done also, but this is the basic process). mRNA is itself also built up of units similar to the A,C,T,G:s in DNA, only that it they are ribonucleotides (there is a slight chemical difference) instead, and that the T (thymine) is swapped for an U (uracil) in RNA.

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