BRAINCAKEmRNA
mRNA is a long single strand of DNA arranged in a single helix.
The base sequence of mRNA is a copy of the base sequence of the DNA sense strand for one gene.
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Key terms in this lesson
- ribosome
- A small organelle, made of RNA and protein, that is the site of protein synthesis.
- gene
- A length of DNA that codes for a polypeptide or a functional RNA molecule, at a specific locus on a chromosome.
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