The template principle: Paradigm of modern genetics

The idea of continuity in living systems, which was initially developed in mid-19th century, reached its peak in 1928 thanks to N.K. Kol’tsov, who proposed the template principle in chromosome reproduction. The determination of genetic functions of nucleic acids and the advent of molecular genetics...

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Published inGenetika Vol. 49; no. 1; pp. 4 - 9
Main Author Inge-Vechtomov, S. G.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Russian
Published Dordrecht SP MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica 2013
Subjects
Animal Genetics and Genomics
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Chromosomes
Genetic Phenomena
Genetics - history
History, 20th Century
Human Genetics
Microbial Genetics and Genomics
Models, Genetic
Central Dogma
Fatal Familial Insomnia
Stress Granule
Anserine
Yeast Prion
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Summary:The idea of continuity in living systems, which was initially developed in mid-19th century, reached its peak in 1928 thanks to N.K. Kol’tsov, who proposed the template principle in chromosome reproduction. The determination of genetic functions of nucleic acids and the advent of molecular genetics led to F. Crick’s statement of the central dogma of molecular biology in 1958. This dogma became a contemporary version of the template principle (templates of the first order). The discovery of “protein inheritance” underlay the notion of steric or conformational templates (second order) for reproducing conformation in a number of proteins. The template principle supplemented by this notion claims to be the main paradigm of modern genetics.
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ISSN:1022-7954
0016-6758
1608-3369
DOI:10.1134/S1022795413010055