Describe how mRNA is produced in the nucleus of a cell

Helicase (an enzyme) breaks the hydrogen bonds between the DNA resulting in two strands. Only one strand acts as a template. RNA nucleotides attracted to exposed bases according to base pairing rules (A-U, G-C). RNA polymerase joins nucleotides together.

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