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Results 1 - 4 of 4 for amino acids
  1. What kinds of gene variants are possible?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... in the replacement of one protein building block (amino acid) with another in the protein made from the gene. The amino acid change may alter the function of the protein. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../mutationsanddisorders/possiblemutations - Genetics
  2. How do genes direct the production of proteins?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... called a codon, usually codes for one particular amino acid. (Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins.) A type ... called transfer RNA (tRNA) assembles the protein, one amino acid at a time. Protein assembly continues until the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../understanding/howgeneswork/makingprotein - Genetics
  3. What are proteins and what do they do?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... of hundreds or thousands of smaller units called amino acids, which are attached to one another in long chains. There are 20 different types of amino acids that can be combined to make a protein. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/howgeneswork/protein - Genetics
  4. What is noncoding DNA?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... RNAs (rRNAs), which help assemble protein building blocks (amino acids) into a chain that forms a protein; microRNAs ( ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/basics/noncodingdna - Genetics