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Title: Web Tutorial 16.2 Translation
Caption: How do cells create proteins, the "stuff of life"? Proteins are produced in two phases. First, a gene's DNA is transcribed into mRNA. This tutorial focuses on the second phase, in which the sequence of bases in the mRNA is translated into the series of amino acids that make up a protein.
Keywords: 5' cap, 5 prime cap, A site, aminoacyl tRNA, anticodon, E site, elongation, initiation, messenger RNA, mRN, P site, release factor, ribosomal RNA, rRNA, ribosome, start codon, stop codon, termination, transcription, transfer RNA, tRNA, translation, translocation