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| Title |
Does the central dogma still stand?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Biology Direct, August 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1745-6150-7-27 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Eugene V Koonin |
| Abstract |
Prions are agents of analog, protein conformation-based inheritance that can confer beneficial phenotypes to cells, especially under stress. Combined with genetic variation, prion-mediated inheritance can be channeled into prion-independent genomic inheritance. Latest screening shows that prions are common, at least in fungi. Thus, there is non-negligible flow of information from proteins to the genome in modern cells, in a direct violation of the Central Dogma of molecular biology. The prion-mediated heredity that violates the Central Dogma appears to be a specific, most radical manifestation of the widespread assimilation of protein (epigenetic) variation into genetic variation. The epigenetic variation precedes and facilitates genetic adaptation through a general 'look-ahead effect' of phenotypic mutations. This direction of the information flow is likely to be one of the important routes of environment-genome interaction and could substantially contribute to the evolution of complex adaptive traits. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 18 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 28% |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 6% |
| Australia | 1 | 6% |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 6% |
| Sweden | 1 | 6% |
| Egypt | 1 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 7 | 39% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 9 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 8 | 44% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 339 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1% |
| Spain | 4 | 1% |
| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| Brazil | 2 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Peru | 1 | <1% |
| Norway | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 4 | 1% |
| Unknown | 315 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 72 | 21% |
| Student > Bachelor | 51 | 15% |
| Researcher | 48 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 44 | 13% |
| Professor | 14 | 4% |
| Other | 44 | 13% |
| Unknown | 66 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 115 | 34% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 67 | 20% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 18 | 5% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 11 | 3% |
| Engineering | 9 | 3% |
| Other | 41 | 12% |
| Unknown | 78 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 27. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 July 2023.
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#1,405,349
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#30
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#8,312
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#2
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So far Altmetric has tracked 537 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 10.3. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 94% of its peers.
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