Difference between revisions of "Central dogma of molecular genetics"
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− | # [[DNA]] is replicated to make new copies of [[DNA]], | + | # [[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:
- DNA is replicated to make new copies of DNA,
- DNA is transcribed to RNA,
- 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.