Robert Bigelow, founder of Bigelow Aerospace, is interviewed following a press conference on the expandable space B330 module at the Bigelow Aerospace headquarters in North Las Vegas, March 12, 2015.
Where does DNA transcription take place? DNA transcription takes place in the nucleus of a cell, which is where DNA is located. The process begins when the enzyme RNA polymerase hooks itself to a specific sequence found on the DNA at a place called the promoter region.
Where in a eukaryotic cell does each process occur? Transcription copies the information encoded in a DNA base sequence into the complementary language of mRNA. Once transcription is complete and mRNA is processed, the cell is ready to translate the mRNA message into a sequence of amino acids that builds a protein. Transcription occurs in the nucleus, and translation occurs at ribosomes in the cytoplasm. Some people compare DNA to a blueprint stored in the office of a construction company. Explain how this analogy would extend to transcription and translation.