Assertion: translation | /r/HasProperty | the synthesis of a polypeptide
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text: translation [ trans-la´shun ] the synthesis of a polypeptide using messenger RNA as a template, a complex process involving ribosomes and transfer RNAs; every three bases (a codon) along the mRNA beginning with the start codon specifies one amino acid in the polypeptide chain.