The stretch of DNA transcribed into an RNA molecule is called a “transcription unit” and encodes at least one gene
•If the gene transcribed encodes for a protein, the result of transcription is “messenger RNA” (mRNA)
•This mRNA will be used to create that protein via the process of translation
•Alternatively, the transcribed gene may encode for either rRNA or tRNA, other components of the regulatory sequences, protein-assembly process
Transcription process