mRNA is used in the process of transcription to carry genetic information from the DNA in the cell's nucleus to the ribosomes in the cytoplasm. At the ribosome, mRNA is then translated into a specific protein by the cell's machinery.
mRNA
The mRNA carries the genetic code needed to make a protein to the ribosome from DNA via microtubules.
Transcription is the process by which the mRNA message is produced in a cell. During transcription, the DNA sequence is copied into mRNA by RNA polymerase.
Basically, mRNA carries a message away from the nucleus. The nucleus says hey, we need these proteins made, and mRNA is made by using RNA polymerase to copy the information on DNA. That mRNA then moves out of the nucleus to a ribosome, where rRNA and tRNA will interact with the mRNA, eventually resulting in the production of a fully functional protein.
mRNA
mRNA
Messenger RNA (mRNA)
Ribosomes and tRNA molecules help a cell translate an mRNA message into a polypeptide.
Translation is the process of decoding the mRNA message into a polypeptide chain. During translation, the ribosome reads the mRNA sequence and assembles the corresponding amino acids to form a protein.
Messenger RNA (mRNA)
How to make a certain type of protein.