Some RNA molecules themselves are the final functional product of the gene from which they are transcribed. In eukaryotes, there are other classes of functional RNAs that participate in splicing of messenger RNA and other activities. Molecular steps of RNA transcription All classes of RNA molecule need to be transcribed, or copied, from the DNA gene. The coding strand of DNA does not actually participate in the reaction. Transcription terminates at short DNA sequences recognized as termination signals.
Some genes require additional termination proteins.
This animation shows the process of transcription in cartoon form. We will get into this more after Spring Break. Translation produces a peptide of linked amino acids, which is completed to form a protein.