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Draw a basic picture to show how proteins are made from DNA by transcription and translation in your organisms cells using the DNA sequence below: G C T A C A T G C C T T T A C A T T G A A C T A G

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Step-by-step explanation:

Transcription is the first step in the process by which information from a gene is used to make a protein. In particular, the goal of transcription is to produce an RNA copy of the DNA sequence of a given gene.

The RNA copy, or transcript of a coding gene, contains the information necessary to generate a polypeptide or equivalently a protein. In fact, transcription is followed by translation, where messenger RNA is decoded to build a protein that contains a series of specific amino acids.

Now, throughout this process, it is important to take into account the pairing of complementary bases, which according to Chargaff's rules is that adenine (A) always pairs with thymine (T), and cytosine (C) always pairs with guanine (G). Note, however, that uracil (U) is one of the four nitrogenous bases in RNA; the other three are adenine (A), cytosine (C), and guanine (G). In RNA, uracil pairs with adenine. In a DNA molecule, the nucleotide thymine (T) is used instead of uracil.

Now, consider the following sequence:

G C T A C A T G C C T T T A C A T T G A A C T A G

we can describe the process of transcription and translation using the above DNA sequence in the following basic diagrams:

TRANSCRIPTION DIAGRAM:

TRANSLATION DIAGRAM:

We can conclude that the correct answer is:

Answer:

TRANSCRIPTION

TRANSLATION

Draw a basic picture to show how proteins are made from DNA by transcription and translation-example-1
Draw a basic picture to show how proteins are made from DNA by transcription and translation-example-2
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