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Dodging the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology

Dodging the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology

Let’s learn about protein translation and non-ribosomal peptides.

Hopefully, you’re perplexed, because the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology implies that all peptides must be encoded by the genome. Nobel laureate Edward Tatum was just as confused, and in 1963, he devised an ingenious experiment.

Protein translation

Protein translation is carried out by a molecular ...