This brief animation demonstrates the process by which messenger RNA (mRNA) is translated into protein. RNA is present in several forms—messenger RNA (mRNA), transfer RNA (tRNA), and ribosomal RNA (rRNA). Each of these RNA forms is involved in different steps of protein synthesis. mRNA is generated from DNA and is the template for protein synthesis. tRNA is critical to the translation of the mRNA sequence into protein sequence. rRNA are components of the ribosomes, which are the sites of protein synthesis.

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Protein Synthesis: At the Ribosome

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