How the DNA Operates
- The DNA carries the instructions on making protein, which is basically the determinant for our physical characteristics.
- A protein is basically made up of a lot of amino acids and it has many functions from aiding digestion to making antibodies for the immune system.
- Protein usually differs from one another, and the particular sequence causes the chain of the amino acids together, this then is encoded in the DNA.
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