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A gene directs the synthesis of a protein by a two-step process. First, the instructions in the gene in the DNA are copied into a messenger RNA (mRNA) molecule. The sequence of nucleotides in the gene determines the sequence of nucleotides in the mRNA. This step is called transcription.

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