key term - Central Dogma: DNA to RNA to Protein

Definition

The Central Dogma describes the flow of genetic information in cells from DNA to messenger RNA (mRNA) to protein.

Related terms

Transcription:

This is copying down the recipe from your book onto another paper. In biological terms, it's creating an mRNA strand from DNA.

Translation:

This is following your copied recipe step by step using ingredients until you get your final product - cake. In biology, it's synthesizing proteins based on mRNA sequence.

Gene Expression:

The overall process by which information from genes is used in synthesis of functional gene products(proteins). Like deciding which cake(recipe) you want to bake.