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1. Now that you have learned that proteins is made using the information from DNA and how mutations may cause changes in the structure and function of a protein. What do you think are the significant contributions of this knowledge to human society?

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During transcription, the enzyme RNA polymerase (green) uses DNA as a template to produce a pre-mRNA transcript (pink). The pre-mRNA is processed to form a mature mRNA molecule that can be translated to build the protein molecule (polypeptide) encoded by the original gene.

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