Seven fundamental, unsolved questions in molecular biology: Cooperative storage and bi-directional transfer of biological information by nucleic acids and proteins: An alternative to "central dogma"

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 951-962

  Biro, J C ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; BIOACCUMULATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN GENOME; INTRON; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

EID: 7044227673     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2004.06.024     Document Type: Article

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