The document describes the process by which genetic information stored in DNA is used to produce proteins. DNA in the cell nucleus contains the genetic code. This code is first copied into messenger RNA. The RNA then leaves the nucleus and uses the genetic code to produce proteins at ribosomes based on the RNA instructions. The proteins are the building blocks that make up the cell's structures and carry out its functions.

1. From Gene to Protein: An
exercise in breaking the
code

2. DNA
RNA
PROTEIN
Cracking the
Code
VC: Cracking the code
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3. CELL
NUCLEUS
1

4. 2

5. (Messenger)
3

6. PROTEIN
FACTORY
(Reads code)
5

7. 6
PROTEIN
(building blocks)

8. DNA
RNA
PROTEIN
Cracking the
Code
VC: Cracking the code
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10. 1. DNA COPIES ITSELF:
Base pairings: A- T C – G
DNA molecule
unzips breaking
the base pairs
forming 2 sides
VC: DNA Replication

15. ANSWERS

19. Genes
(DNA)
Make copies
of itself
New copy
(RNA) is
read and
translated
Crossover
(mixing of
code)
Amino acids
(protein) are
formed
A trait is
expressed
VC: What is phenotype
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