Definition(s)
- The process of forming a protein molecule at a ribosomal site of protein synthesis from information contained in messenger RNA.
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Definition from: Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary
by Merriam-Webster Inc.
- The process of turning instructions from mRNA, base by base, into chains of amino acids that then fold into proteins. This process takes place in the cytoplasm, on structures called ribosomes.
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Definition from: Office of Rare Diseases
at the National Institutes of Health
- Translation is the process of translating the sequence of a messenger RNA (mRNA) molecule to a sequence of amino acids during protein synthesis. The genetic code describes the relationship between the sequence of base pairs in a gene and the corresponding amino acid sequence that it encodes. In the cell cytoplasm, the ribosome reads the sequence of the mRNA in groups of three bases to assemble the protein.
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Definition from: Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms from the National Human Genome Research Institute
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