BIO 1213 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Central Dogma Of Molecular Biology, Uracil, Nitrogenous Base
17 May 2019
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The central dogma explains the flow of genetic instructions from dna to rna which eventually leads to the formation of functional products, proteins. Basic equation of the central dogma: dna rna proteins. The process by which dna"s instructions are converted into functional products is called. There are two stages of gene expression: transcription (nucleus) dna to rna. Dna to rrna (involved in ribosome + protein synthesis) Dna to trna (involved in protein synthesis: translation (cytoplasm) rna to protein. Nucleic acids include: dna (deoxyribonucleic acid, rna (ribonucleic acid) Both dna and rna (nucleic acids) are macromolecules that function as the repositories of genetic information. ***repositories are places/ locations where data is stored for later retrieval. The basic functional unit/ monomer of nucleic acids are nucleotides (not to be confused with its close cousin, nucleosides). Nucleotides, the building blocks of nucleic acids are themselves built up of essential units.
