TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Information Flow and Levels of Regulation A1 - Schaefer, G. Bradley A1 - Thompson, Jr., James N. PY - 2017 T2 - Medical Genetics: An Integrated Approach AB - Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is sometimes described as a "blueprint" for development. Although easy to visualize, that view is a damaging oversimplification. A blueprint defines the location of each element in a given structure. In contrast, genetic control of development is much more dynamic. A better description for the role of DNA is as a "recipe for interactions." DNA codes for the assembly of proteins by way of a ribonucleic acid (RNA) intermediate, the messenger RNA (mRNA). But it is the interactions among the resulting proteins, other RNAs like microRNAs, and their feedback influences on the genome that will determine how cells, tissues, organs, and the body as a whole will take on its form and function. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1147721985 ER -