Proteins are long chains of building blocks called amino acids, the specific number and arrangement of which makes each protein—whether it makes up your hair or carries oxygen in your blood—unique.
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一系列转移RNA分子将每三个碱基读成一个密码子,识别出mRNA的信息并将氨基酸相应排列起来。
The code is read, three bases at a time, by a series of transfer RNA (tRNA) molecules, which recognize the mRNA message and align the appropriate amino acid in place.