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How are cells able to produce all of the different proteins that they need to survive

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DNA contains the instructionsneeded for an organism to develop,survive and reproduce. To carry out these functions, DNA sequences must be converted into messages that can be used to produce proteins, which are the complex molecules that do most of the work in our bodies.
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Cells are able to produce proteins from their DNA. DNA essentially contains the information for making a protein.

RNA (aka messenger RNA) carries the "codes" to making a protein out of the nucleus into the cytoplasm.

Once in the cytoplasm, tRNA (transfer RNA) deliver amino acids to the ribosome, where the form amino acid chains. These amino acid chains form together to make a protein.

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