Monday, November 7, 2011
What's the answer to this bio question?
Transcription is the process during which the genetic information is transcribed from DNA into RNA. One of the two DNA strands is used a template for the fabrication of a complementary RNA. The RNA retains all the information of the DNA from which it was copied, as well as the base-pairing properties of the DNA. Transcription is similar to DNA replication in that one of the two DNA strands acts as a template on which the base-pairing abilities of the incoming RNA nucleotide are tested. The RNA nucleotide is only incorporated as a covalently linked unit if a good match with the DNA template is achieved.
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