Because of this flexibility, the 30 to 40 tRNAs present in a cell can "read" all 61 codons in mRNA ... their structure is concerned, these RNAs all share the same basic single-stranded chemical ...

The popularity of mRNA-based therapeutics has surged over the past few years. To ensure the safety of these treatments, scientists need to analyze the characteristics of the manufactured molecules, ...

Yi Ren's most recent paper, published in eLife, describes the structure of a protein complex involved in mRNA export that sheds light on the underlying molecular mechanism of mRNA export and the ...

RNA breaks destined for repair are inflicted by sequence-specific or structure-specific endoribonucleases during physiological RNA processing (e.g. tRNA splicing; kinetoplast mRNA editing ... 5’-OH ...

the mature mRNA is transported from the nucleus to the cytoplasm, where it serves as a template for protein synthesis. Some RNA molecules, called ribozymes, possess catalytic activity and can catalyze ...

The central dogma of molecular biology suggests that the primary ... However, in the half-century since the structure of DNA was first elaborated, scientists have learned that RNA does much ...

She has a PhD in systems biology from ETH Zurich and a master’s in molecular biology from Utrecht University ... staining techniques to establish that both RNA-binding proteins and mRNA are ...

This image depicts the chemical structure of cytosine. It shows a hexagonal ring with ... However, RNA is typically single-stranded and serves various functions, such as coding for proteins (mRNA), ...