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Definition The enzymatic synthesis of a protein molecule directed by the information in an mRNA molecule. The mRNA is read from the 5' end to the 3' end, with the protein being synthesized from the amino terminus to the carboxyl terminus.
See also Central Dogma.
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Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO)
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