The enzyme-catalyzed process whereby the genetic information contained in one strand of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is used as a template to specify and produce a complementary mRNA strand. Transcription may be thought of as a rewriting of the information contained in DNA into RNA. The language, however, is the same—both are nucleic acid-based. This is in contrast to translation, in which the information is translated from one language (RNA, nucleic acid-based) into another language (protein, amino acid-based).
Process of copying the base sequence of a gene into mRNA.
Encoding of mRNA by DNA.
The act of copying something written, or of putting something spoken into written form.
The first step in carrying out genetic instructions in living cells, in which the genetic code is transferred from DNA to molecules of messenger RNA, which then direct protein manufacture.
The synthesis of mRNA using DNA as a template.
In genetics, process by which the genetic information contained in DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) in the nucleus is transferred to messenger RNA (ribonucleic acid), which then leaves the nucleus to direct protein synthesis in the ribosomes.
The process in which the information contained in the genetic code is transferred from DNA to RNA: the first step in the manufacture of proteins in cells.
The first step in protein synthesis, the synthesis of a messenger RNA (mRNA) molecule that is a complementary copy of a DNA gene. This takes place in the nucleus of the cell; the mRNA then travels to the ribosomes in the cytoplasm, the site of protein synthesis.