DNA transcription

DNA

carries instructions for cell behavior

transcribing

DNA needs to be transferred to mRNA which will then be involved in protein synthesis

building mRNA

produced inside the nucleus when DNA unzips and unwinds allowing RNA nucleotides to align along the DNA strands

nuclear pore

where mRNA leaves the nucleus and travels to the ribosomes to be translated into ribosomes

template strand

strand of DNA molecule used in transcription

non-transcribed strand

other strand not involved in transcription

introns

non-coding sequences

exons

coding sequences… translated into amino acids

translation and protein synthesis

control cell activities

RNA molecule

contains exons and introns

mature RNA

exons fusing together to form a continuous RNA molecules ready to be translated