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____________________ are vital to every cell ; they help accomplish jobs to help the cell survive . All proteins are coded for by DNA , ____________________ - ____________________ . However , due to the fact that DNA cannot leave the safety of the ____________________ , there are two major steps that must be accomplished before proteins are made .

The first step in decoding genetic messages is ____________________ , during which a nucleotide sequence is copied from DNA to ____________________ . This process occurs in the ____________________ . First , an enzyme called ____________________ - ____________________ will open the DNA molecule . Once open , the enzyme ____________________ - ____________________ will join ____________________ to the DNA strand . However , ____________________ is not a part of RNA , instead , ____________________ binds with Uracil . The base - paring rules are the following ; adenine = ____________________ , and guanine = ____________________ .

The next step of protein synthesis is ____________________ . This occurs in the ____________________ . The mRNA molecule travels to the ribosome where it is read ____________________ nucleotides at a time , called a ____________________ . Each codon codes for one ____________________ ____________________ .

An amino acid is the small ____________________ ____________________ of proteins . The amino acids are ____________________ to form a protein .