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Explain The Steps In The Dna Replication Process

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When DNA is being replicated it starts with the replication being unzipped in a way that the DNA is being taken apart. The second step in the DNA replication process is the enzymes being carried out, that is called helicase, that is when it breaks down the hydrogen bonds is holding the complementary bases of DNA together. For example, they would hold A to T and C to G. After the helicase stage has happened it then comes down to the two single strands of the DNA being separated. The DNA is shaped kind of in a Y-shape and is considered as a replication fork. The two strands that have been taken apart will act as a figure for making the new DNA strands. The next step in the DNA replication process would be the 3´- 5´ template. The replication process is complicated and also the new …show more content…

In translation, a mRNA, the messenger, is decoded and the information that comes from it. It is used to form chains of amino acid. The instructions of information that is used to build the amino acid chains are called codons. Codons are 3 nucleotides and there are a start and stop codons which signal the progress of the chains. The codons are read in order by tRNA, the transfer, each tRNA has an anticodon. The last thing that happens is the chains of amino acids are released into the cell when they reach a stop codon and they go do their own job in the cell.

Transcription involves copying a gene's DNA sequence to make it an RNA Molecule. Transcription is performed by RNA polymerase which links nucleotides together to form an RNA strand, it uses the original strand of DNA as a template. The first step is when the RNA polymerases bind to the start of a codon. The RNA polymerase reads the original DNA strand and builds an RNA strand out of complementary nucleotides. The last step is when the RNA reaches the end and they cause the RNA to be released from the DNA strand. Transcription takes place in the nucleus but later leaves the

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