Revise: DNA and the production of proteinsGenetic information and the genetic code

DNA carries the genetic information in the cells of all living organisms. It contains codes for the assembly of amino acids into all the proteins required in the body.

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Genetic information and the genetic code

The sequence of bases in a DNA molecule can determine the order of in a protein molecule. Groups of three bases called triplets represent different amino acids.

This is the basis of the .

A sequence of bases (genetic information) on DNA that codes for a protein is called a .

A sequence of bases which make up an amino acid.