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Importance of transcription
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It creates an mRNA copy of a gene from the DNA template
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1
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DNA is unwound, which breaks hydrogen bonds and separates the double helix
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2
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The template strand becomes exposed
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3
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Free mRNA nucleotides in the nucleus binds to the complimentary nucleotide at the template strand
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4
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mRNA nucleotides join together to make a single strand of mRNA
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5
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The mRNA strand is refered to as the coding strand as it is complimentary to the template strand
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mRNA molecule leaves the nucleus and attaches to a ribosome in the cytoplasm
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