Protein-synthesis
noun, Biochemistry.
1.
the process by which amino acids are linearly arranged into proteins through the involvement of ribosomal RNA, transfer RNA, messenger RNA, and various enzymes.
noun
the process by which individual amino acids are connected to each other in a specific order dictated by the nucleotide sequence in DNA, which also involves the processes of transcription and translation
Examples
Protein synthesis is process by which the genetic code puts together proteins in the cell.
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