Translation of messenger RNA into protein occurs in a _______ direction, and from _______ terminus to _______ terminus.
A) 3´-to-5´; N; C
B) 5´-to-3´; N; C
C) 3´-to-5´; C; N
D) 5´-to-3´; C; N
E) 3´-to-5´; C; C

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Translation of messenger RNA into protein occurs in a 5´-to-3´ direction, and from N terminus to C terminus. This means that the ribosome reads the mRNA in the 5´-to-3´ direction and synthesizes the corresponding protein from the N terminus to the C terminus. The other answer choices are incorrect as they either have the wrong direction or the wrong order of termini.

Translation of Messenger RNA into Protein Occurs in a _______