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Flow of Genetic Information:

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Translation Initiation Recruitment of mRNA to the ribosome Elongation Synthesis of nacent polypeptide Termination Release of polypeptide from the ribosome AAAAA n 7 mG n AAAAA 7 mG n AAAAA

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Translation: The Players Messenger RNA (mRNA)

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Translation: The Players *Ribosome Structure Transfer RNA (tRNA)

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The Genetic Code:

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Amnioacyl tRNA Synthetases tRNA charging

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Translation: The Players The Ribosome

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16S rRNA Secondary Structure

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The Ribosome

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Physical Location of tRNAs during Translation

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Polysomes