Click HERE for some interactive learning on DNA, genes, chromosomes and proteins.
Proteins participate in virtually every process within cells and are therefore essential to the proper functioning of organisms.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Proteins and DNA
The message contained in DNA is spelled out using 3 consecutive bases called a codon. Each codon codes for an amino acid. Proteins are composed of a sequence of amino acids. A gene is the sequence of codons that codes for a complete protein.
Click HERE for some interactive learning on DNA, genes, chromosomes and proteins.
Proteins participate in virtually every process within cells and are therefore essential to the proper functioning of organisms.
Click HERE for some interactive learning on DNA, genes, chromosomes and proteins.
Proteins participate in virtually every process within cells and are therefore essential to the proper functioning of organisms.
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