Structures of the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology

Author(s):  
Thomas A. Steitz
Nature ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 227 (5258) ◽  
pp. 561-563 ◽  
Author(s):  
FRANCIS CRICK

2005 ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Julia E. Richards ◽  
R. Scott Hawley

2019 ◽  
Vol 81 (3) ◽  
pp. 202-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael I. Dorrell ◽  
Jennifer E. Lineback

The central dogma of molecular biology is key to understanding the relationship between genotype and phenotype, although it remains a challenging concept to teach and learn. We describe an activity sequence that engages high school students directly in modeling the major processes of protein synthesis using the major components of translation. Students use a simple system of codes to generate paper chains, allowing them to learn why codons are three nucleotides in length, the purpose of start and stop codons, the importance of the promoter region, and how to use the genetic code. Furthermore, students actively derive solutions to the problems that cells face during translation, make connections between genotype and phenotype, and begin to recognize the results of mutations. This introductory activity can be used as an interactive means to support students as they learn the details of translation and molecular genetics.


2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (sup1) ◽  
pp. 75-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isaac J. Kimsey ◽  
Huiqing Zhou ◽  
Heidi Alvey ◽  
Hashim M. Al-Hashimi

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohieddin Jafari ◽  
Naser Ansari-Pour ◽  
Sadegh Azimzadeh ◽  
Mehdi Mirzaie

AbstractIt is nearly half a century past the age of the introduction of the Central Dogma (CD) of molecular biology. This biological axiom has been developed and currently appears to be all the more complex. In this study, we modified CD by adding further species to the CD information flow and mathematically expressed CD within a dynamic framework by using Boolean network based on its present-day and 1965 editions. We show that the enhancement of the Dogma not only now entails a higher level of complexity, but it also shows a higher level of robustness, thus far more consistent with the nature of biological systems. Using this mathematical modeling approach, we put forward a logic-based expression of our conceptual view of molecular biology. Finally, we show that such biological concepts can be converted into dynamic mathematical models using a logic-based approach and thus may be useful as a framework for improving static conceptual models in biology.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel J. N. Ramos ◽  
David Faísca-Silva ◽  
João L. Coito ◽  
Jorge Cunha ◽  
Helena Gomes Silva ◽  
...  

SUMMARYRNA editing challenges the central dogma of molecular biology, by modifying the genetic information at the transcription level. Recent reports, suggesting increased levels of RNA editing in plants, raised questions on the nature and dynamics of such events during development. We here report the occurrence of distinct RNA editing patterns in wild Vitis flowers during development, with twelve possible RNA editing modifications observed for the first time in plants. RNA editing events are gender and developmental stage specific, identical in subsequent years of this perennial species and with distinct nucleotide frequencies neighboring editing sites on the 5’ and 3’ flanks. The transcriptome dynamics unveils a new regulatory layer responsible for gender plasticity enhancement or underling dioecy evolution in Vitis.


2005 ◽  
pp. 55-64
Author(s):  
Julia E. Richards ◽  
R. Scott Hawley

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