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The process by which the genetic information encoded in a linear sequence of nucleotides in one strand of DNA is copied into an exactly complementary sequence of mrna (messenger RNA). The mrna then carries this information to the cytoplasm of the cell, where it serves as the blueprint for the manufacture of a specific protein.

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