The
Central Dogma
In prokaryotes, in
the absence of a nuclear membrane, DNA Transcription
and RNA
Translation are not physically separated. The RNA transcript can be directly
translated into Protein.
[Note a potential source of confusion: "RNA is transcribed"
from DNA, "RNA is translated"
into Protein, and "Protein is translated"
from RNA. It is important to
be specific when describing these processes.]
Figure © 1996 by
Griffiths et al. ;
text © 2008 by Steven M. Carr