Science 8 Chapter 16 Section 3 DNA and RNA
The mRNA strand is able to recognize the triplet codes of tRNA. The mRNA will base-pair with a corresponding tRNA molecule, and thus the amino acid is delivered according to the genetic code. The ribosome is the machinery that puts this all together. It helps join the mRNA strand and tRNA molecule once they are properly matched up, and it helps put the amino acids together. One by one, the tRNA molecules match with the mRNA strand and deliver an amino acid. A chain of amino acids begins to build:
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