Sentences with phrase «rna provides a code»
The messenger RNA provides a code that dictates the order and type of amino acids to use to make a particular protein in a process known as translation — the conversion of the «language» of RNA to that of proteins.
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They amplified the RNA with the polymerase chain reaction, which provided enough to sequence parts of the virus's genetic code.
Large swaths of DNA and its lesser - known cousin RNA are dotted by chemical tags that act like Post-It notes, providing additional instructions to the underlying genetic code.
Activation of a gene induces a cell to make an RNA copy of its code, edit unneeded segments out of that message, and splice together a final version of the message that provides cellular factories (ribosomes) with a template to make one specific protein.
A natural process called nonsense - mediated decay, or NMD, provides cells with the ability to detect errors in the coded RNA messages, called transcripts, that are copied from DNA when genes are activated.