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at 10:20 p.m. May, 31, 2026
by
Brian_BH
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racemicmixture
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I never realize its referring to direction. Just for clarity
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The 3′ hydroxyl group (-OH) attacks the 5′ phosphate of the incoming nucleotide.
DNA → DNA = replication: new DNA synthesized in 5′ → 3′ direction.
DNA → RNA = transcription: new RNA synthesized in 5′ → 3′ direction (template is read 3′ → 5′)
RNA → protein = translation: mRNA read in 5′ → 3′ direction

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