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Reading the Dna Code: Making Protein

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Students study DNA decoding and protein synthesis. They use the amino acid table to translate DNA, break DNA strands into three nucleotide codes, and translate nucleotides into amino acid protein codes. They research the importance of amino acids for their bodies.

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dna, deoxyribonucleic acid

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dna, science
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7th - 9th
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Science
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