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The last two pages of the essay show how the new protein is assembled from amino acids modeled on the messenger RNA template. The sequence of amino acids in each protein generates complex forces that fold the molecule into a unique shape necessary for the protein to function. An example appears on the first page of the essay.
Copyright Time-Life Books, 1993

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