Illustration of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/transcription_(biology)" class="extiw" title="w:transcription (biology)">transcription</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/translation_(biology)" class="extiw" title="w:translation (biology)">translation</a>. In the nucleus, DNA is transcribed to mRNA. After being exported to the cytosol, the mRNA molecule is bound by a ribosome and is translated using tRNAs, which match amino acids to codons in the mRNA.
National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH
2022-12-06
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20041022023410/http://genome.gov/Pages/Hyperion//DIR/VIP/Glossary/Illustration/Pdf/mrna.pdf">mRNA illustration, NIH</a>