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We have by now elaborated a panorama view over the paths leading from the genetic information stored in DNA to the meaningfully regulated transcription of one of its strands into RNA (rRNA, tRNA and mRNA), and through translation of mRNA into polypeptide chains and the folding of these chains into protein molecules with enzymatic activity. These enzymes, in their turn, are the instruments forging new building blocks for renewed macromolecular synthesis. At this point, we reach the peak event of a cell’s life cycle, its coronation: the self-duplication of the genetic information, the replication of DNA.
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Hausmann, R. (2002). The Coronation: DNA Replication. In: To Grasp the Essence of Life. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3540-7_17
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