More Thinking

One key question that I have been asking again and again is how do cells know when to produce the right proteins that are needed in the right quantities at the right time? The answer, it turns out, is via a sophisticated and impressive cellular communication system. In this post we introduce you to how this system works in general and how it leads to the production of new proteins in particular.

This entry is part 5 of 9 in the series DNAOkay, let the fun begin. Let’s get a real world, real time, computer animation demonstration of how the chemical arrangement of the DNA nucleotides leads to the production of the proteins that make up you, me and every other living organism on the planet.   [...]