Nature

During elongation, the new RNA strand becomes longer and longer as the DNA template is transcribed.

During elongation, the new RNA strand becomes longer and longer as the DNA template is transcribed. In this view, the 5' end of the RNA strand is in the foreground. Note the inclusion of uracil (yello ...
Nature

If the number of bases removed or inserted from a segment of DNA is not a multiple of three (a), a different sequence with a different set of reading frames is transcribed to ...

Just like the mechanical components in cars or computers, the molecules inside a cell can sometimes malfunction. When this happens during DNA replication, the result is an unpredictable change in the ...
PBS

From DNA to Protein

This narrated animation illustrates the process of protein synthesis, starting with chromosomal DNA inside the cell's nucleus. A gene is transcribed into messenger RNA, which leaves the nucleus and ...