Discussion:
Essay about DNA, mRNA, translation
For this assignment, you are to describe the processes involved in making a protein, starting with the DNA in the nucleus and ending with the formation of a polypeptide.
Make sure to include the following in your discussion:
1. What is the role of DNA in the cell?
2. What is the role of mRNA and why is it necessary? What is the name of the process in which mRNA is produces? Where in the cell does it take place?
3. How is information encoded in the mRNA molecule?
4. What is translation? Where in the cell does it take place?
5. What is the role of tRNA in translation? How is the information in an mRNA molecule translated into a chain of amino acids?