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Diagram showing the processes of transcription and translation.

(genetic biology)

Grammar: noun
Definition: the process in which genetic information stored in a strand of DNA is copied into a strand of RNA
Example:
1. Cells in normal maintenance phase have diffuse DNA for mRNA transcription.

2. Proteins are produced by making a mobile copy (mRNA) of a gene, in a process known as transcription.
Related Word: transcribe (verb)
Related Compound: transcription factor