Tanscription/translation - Start and stop codons

The diagram represents a single strand of DNA containing a gene, in purple. Remember this gene is "read" in the 5' to 3' direction to produce an mRNA. To make a protein (polypeptide), mRNA is translated, or read, three nucleotides at a time. Each triplet codon specifies an amino acid to be added to the growing polypeptide chain. In addition to the amino acid designations, specific "start" and "stop" codons begin and end the protein sequence.

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