central dogma of molecular biology

1. Describes a key assumption of molecular biology, namely, that each gene in the DNA molecule carries the information needed to construct one protein, which, acting as an enzyme, controls one chemical reaction in the cell.

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“This is a major step towards re-creating the central dogma of molecular biology in the mirror-image world,” says Stephen Kent, a professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of Chicago who was not involved with the work.

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When Crick and Watson laid the foundation for what they called the "central dogma" of molecular biology, they specified that information could only flow one way.

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His work was credited with spurring the development of new antibiotics, but on a more fundamental level it shed light on the “central dogma” of molecular biology.

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According to the central dogma of molecular biology, cells convert DNA sequences to RNA, which then creates proteins.

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The central dogma of molecular biology is far more detailed than before, but exam items do not exceed the current scope of a strong undergraduate molecular biology course.

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