How does DNA determine an organism’s characteristics? A process called translation decodes RNA created during transcription, and uses it to create proteins that perform specific cellular functions.

Leftover drops in vials of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine allowed a group of researchers from Stanford University to determine the sequence of the mRNA for SARS-CoV-2’s spike protein that is used in the ...

During translation, ribosomes can pause on the nucleic acid. Researchers showed that collisions from incoming proteins get ...

A complex molecular machine, the spliceosome, ensures that the genetic information from the genome, after being transcribed ...

The outcome of a frameshift mutation is complete alteration of the amino acid sequence of a protein. This alteration occurs during translation because ribosomes read the mRNA strand in terms of ...

Researchers developed a technique to gain a deeper understanding of ribosome function and their cooperative behaviors.

Protein synthesis is vital for life, translating genetic information from DNA to functional proteins through transcription ...

RNA polymerase (RNAP) is a type of protein that produces mRNA. It tracks processively along double helical DNA, untwists it ...

Transcription is the process by which the genetic information in DNA is copied into a complementary RNA strand. RNA polymerase enzymes read the DNA sequence and synthesize messenger RNA (mRNA) ...

When a gene is to be expressed, the base sequence of DNA is copied or transcribed ... by complementary base pairing to form a strand of mRNA: Note - RNA nucleotides contain the same bases as ...

Gen-Probe is currently developing the APTIMA HPV Assay, targeting E6/E7 mRNA ... DNA strand and RT creates a ds DNA molecule with the T7 RNA polymerase which anneals to this sequence and creates ...