Unit · year 2
BU-201 · Molecular Biology
Threads information5 concepts
The molecular flow of genetic information from DNA to protein.
Concepts in this unit
T-031
The central dogma
Information flows DNA to RNA to protein.
T-032
Semiconservative DNA replication
Each old strand templates a new complementary one.
T-033
Transcription
Copying a gene into messenger RNA.
T-034
Translation and the genetic code
Reading codons to build a polypeptide.
T-035
Mutations
How changes in DNA sequence alter proteins.