Difference between revisions of "Central dogma of molecular genetics"

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The central dogma states that:  
 
The central dogma states that:  
# [[DNA]] is replicated to make new copies of [[DNA]],
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# [[DNA]] is [[DNA replication|replicated]] to make new copies of [[DNA]],
 
# [[DNA]] is transcribed to [[RNA]],
 
# [[DNA]] is transcribed to [[RNA]],
 
# [[RNA]] is translated to proteins.
 
# [[RNA]] is translated to proteins.

Revision as of 03:18, 17 July 2014

The central dogma states that:

  1. DNA is replicated to make new copies of DNA,
  2. DNA is transcribed to RNA,
  3. RNA is translated to proteins.

So all genetic information flows from DNA to RNA to protein.

There are exceptions to these rules, but the general idea holds for a vast amount of genetics topics.