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Summary AQA ALEVEL BIOLOGY NOTES ON RNA AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
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RNA & Protein Synthesis-
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• Both mRNA and tRNA are involved in the process of protein synthesis .
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proteins
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Hydrogen bonds between specific base
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Transcription takes place in the nucleus in
eukaryotic in this shape .
Cells and
cytoplasm in
prokaryotes Every tRNA molecule has a
specific sequence of three
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bases at one end called an anti codon .
① RNA polymerase attaches to the DNA
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