Central dogma and paracentral dogma concepts in molecular biology. (IMAGE)

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Central dogma and paracentral dogma concepts in molecular biology.

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While the central dogma of molecular biology outlines the linear flow of genetic information from DNA to RNA to proteins (black lines), glycomics introduces a “3rd code of life”—glycans—that operates outside the bounds of pre-defined genetic templates (red lines).

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Wei Wang

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