Central dogma of gene expression

What is the central dogma of gene expression?

The linear flow of information from DNA to RNA to protein

Why is the central dogma an oversimplification?

There is an RNA world where RNA has intrinsic properties that DNA does not possess

What intrinsic properties does RNA have that DNA lacks?

Catalytic properties and storage properties

Which modern process still reflects RNA’s catalytic properties?

Translation

Why is RNA not transcribed in its fully functional state?

RNA must be modified after transcription to be functional

In what form is RNA initially transcribed?

As precursor RNAs