transcription and translation

Transcription is the synthesis of RNA from a DNA template where the code in the DNA is converted into a complementary RNA code. Translation is the synthesis of a protein from an mRNA template where the code in the mRNA is converted into an amino acid sequence in a protein. Transcription is the process by which the information in a strand of DNA is copied into a new molecule of messenger RNA (mRNA). ... The newly formed mRNA copies of the gene then serve as blueprints for protein synthesis during the process of translation. Translation components include mRNA, small and large ribosomal subunits, initiation factors, elongation factors and tRNA. In transcription, a DNA double helix is denatured to allow the enzyme to access the template strand. In translation, no such denaturing is necessary, as the template is a single mRNA strand.