The central dogma of molecular biology describes the flow of genetic information within a biological system. It is often summarized as: DNA → RNA → Protein. This means that DNA is transcribed into RNA, which is then translated into proteins.
Here are the key components of the central dogma:
- Replication: DNA makes a copy of itself.
- Transcription: The process by which the information in a specific segment of DNA is used to produce a complementary RNA transcript.
- Translation: The process where the sequence of the RNA is used to synthesize proteins, typically occurring in the ribosome.
So, the flow of information can be summarized as:
- DNA → (transcription) → RNA → (translation) → Protein
If you’re asking for a specific example or demonstration, it would typically involve:
- A DNA sequence being transcribed to mRNA.
- The mRNA being translated into a sequence of amino acids to form a protein.
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