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Name: Joyclelyn
Status: Educator
Grade:  9-12
Location: AL
Country: United States
Date: December 2006
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How is new mRNA manufactured in a cell?


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mRNA is synetheized (transcribed) using one of the strands of DNA as a template and the enzyme RNA polymerase to catalyze the reaction of the four nucleotides to form the mRNA molecule.

Ron Baker, Ph.D.


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