You are now taking a ride on the Magic School Bus with Ms. Frizzle. This bus is magic because it can go anywhere within the body. Today's lesson is on Central Dogma. Ms. Frizzle takes your class directly to the nucleus to start your field trip. Since this trip is about the central dogma, what three major cellular process will be involved? Where will you bus be going within the cell during each of these processes? For each process, describe in your own words and in general what is going on?

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Explanation:

The trip will involve a bit of stoppage inside the nucleus during which replication and transcription will take place before proceeding to the cytoplasm where synthesized mRNA will become translated into protein.

The central dogma refers to a series of processes during which genetic information in the DNA of a cell is encoded and expressed in living cells. The 3 major steps involved in these processes are:

1. Replication

2. Transcription

3. Translation

Replication involves the synthesis of a double-stranded DNA molecule from a template of another double-stranded DNA molecule within the nucleus. In order words, replication is a process during which a DNA molecule reproduces itself. Each of the strands of the DNA acts as a template for the synthesis of another new strand. Eventually, 2 new double-strand DNA molecules are formed each consisting of one old strand and one new strand.

During transcription, the information contained in deoxyribonucleic acids is encoded and transcribed into another molecule known as the messenger ribonucleic acid. This process happens in the nucleus of the cell.

After transcription and processing of the mRNA produced, the resulting mRNA is then transported to the cytoplasm where, together with the ribosome and transfer RNA, the encoded information becomes translated into protein. Each of the genetic codes in the mRNA is translated to their respective amino acids and the amino acids are linked together by peptide bonds to form a protein.