protein synthesis

• what do DNA molecules contain


  a genetic code which proteins are built
• what do proteins determine

  how all the cells in the body function
• what does DNA control

  the production of proteins (protein synthesis) in a cell
• gene

  the section of DNA that codes for a particular protein
• amino acids

  • they are the chains of molecules proteins are made up of
• what does each different protein have

  its own particular number and order of amino acids
• what do proteins having different shapes mean


  that they can all have different functions
• what decides the order of amino acids in a protein


  the order of the bases in a gene
• what's a triplet code


  each amino acid is coded for by a sequence of three bases in the gene
• how do amino acids make proteins

  they are joined together