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What is the second stage in gene expression?
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The second stage in gene expression is translating the nucleotide sequence of a mRNA molecule into the amino acid sequence of a protein.
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What is translation?
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Translation is the process in which cellular ribosomes create proteins. In translation, mRNA produced by transcription is decoded by a ribosome complex to produce a specific amino acid chain, or polypeptide, that will later fold into an active protein.
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How the genetic code is defined?
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The genetic code is defined as a relationship between the sequence of nucleotides in DNA (or its RNA transcripts) and the sequence of amino acids in a protein.
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How each amino acid is specified in the DNA?
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Each amino acid is specified by one or more nucleotide triplets (codons) in the DNA.
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