The structure of DNA and protein synthesis.

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D.N.A. and Protein Synthesis. Every living thing is made up of cells. Every cell has a nucleus, and in every nucleus there are chromosomes. In a Human being there are 46 chromosomes, or 23 chromosome pairs. These chromosomes are very long compact coils of D.N.A. (DeoxyriboNuclic Acid). D.N.A is a thread formed by two strands, wound together to form a Double Helix. These D.N.A. store all the information that …

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…as a single thread of D.N.A, but instead of using the letter "T" it uses the letter "U". To make the acid, messenger R.N.A, makes a copy of the D.N.A. R.N.A then goes out of the Nucleus, and goes to the Ribosome. The Amino acids connect to messenger R.N.A. and join together before falling off R.N.A. again. This process is called Protein Synthesis!