THIS quotation is taken from t ho beginning of an uns igned
articlel headed "Central dogma reversed It. recount ing t he
very important work of Dr Howard Temin' and others'
showing that a n RNA t umour virus can use viral R NA
as a template fo r DNA synthesis. This is not t he first
time that t he idea. of tho cent ral . dogma has been misunderstood
, in one way or another. In t his article I
explain why t he term was originally int roduced , its true
meaning, and state why I t hink t hat, properly under stood
, it is still an idea of flmdamental import ance.
Tho central dogma was put fo rward4 at a period when .