Central Dogma Flashcards
1
Q
What is the Central Dogma
A
- proposed by Francis Crick in 1956
- DNA-DNA (replication)
- DNA-RNA (transcription)
- RNA-Protein
(translation) - entire process is gene expression
2
Q
What is the template for replication
A
DNA
3
Q
Originally, the Central Dogma was thought to be
A
- unidirectional
- no flow of info from protein to RNA
4
Q
From RNA-DNA
A
- Reverse transcriptases
- RNA-dependent DNA polymerases
- Retroviruses
- cDNA
5
Q
The entity used to make DNA using a DNA template is called
A
DNA polymerase
6
Q
The entity used to make RNA using a DNA template is called
A
RNA polymerase
7
Q
The entity responsible for covalently linking amino acids to make proteins is called
A
ribosome
