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- Produces copy of a gene in the form of mRNA - Helicase binds to the gene locus causing DNA to unwind and reveal a template strand - RNA-nucleotides bind by specific base pairing and RNA polymerase joins them by condensation to form a strand of pre-mRNA. - Introns are removed, exons are spliced together with enzymes to form the mRNA - Now small enough to diffuse through the nuclear pore and bind to a ribosome on the rough endoplasmic reticulum