Standard 1d Preknowledge
1d) Students know the central dogma of molecular biology outlines the flow of information from transcription of ribonucleic acid (RNA) in the nucleus to translation of proteins on ribosomes in the cytoplasm.
CALIFORNIA FRAMEWORKS SUMMARY:
DNA, which is found in the nucleus of eukaryotes, contains the genetic information for encoding proteins. The DNA sequence specifying a specific protein is copied (transcribed) into messenger RNA (mRNA), which then carries this message out of the nucleus to the ribosomes located in the cytoplasm. The mRNA message is then translated, or converted, into the protein originally coded for by the DNA.