When a cell needs a particular protein synthesized, messenger RNA (mRNA) is produced from DNA through transcription.

How is genetic information "read" from mRNA?

A. as ribose

B. as codons

C. as uracil

D. as amino acids

It's D. As amino acids

B. Codons

¨RNA information is "read from" an RNA molecule as a series of three-nucleotide sequences on the mRNA called codons. Each codon along the mRNA strand corresponds to an amino acid or signifies a start or stop signal for translation.¨ - Study Island explanation