The molecular pathways involved in antiviral defenses and counter-defenses in host-pathogen systems remain unclear. Researchers have used Neurospora crassa as a model organism to explore how RNA ...

The expression of symptoms of viral infections is a byproduct of complex virus-host molecular pathways. These remain largely ...

The yeast nuclear endonuclease Rnt1 has a well-characterized role in the maturation of many ncRNA precursors. However, the scope and consequence of its function in mRNA degradation pathways is much ...

Researchers find mutations causing developmental disabilities in humans have similar effects in yeast, aiding drug testing ...

They also found that in mRNA, early folding dictates the final folded shape, so molecular structure is set from the start. In rRNA, however, early shapes are temporary and rearrange before a molecule ...

In recent years, mRNA technology enabled the rapid development of vaccines to fight COVID-19, saving millions of lives. That same mRNA-powered approach to medicine—in which synthetic mRNA is ...

Three main types of RNA are involved in protein synthesis: mRNA, tRNA, and rRNA. mRNA is synthesized by the enzyme RNA polymerase. This occurs by using the sequence of bases in a DNA strand to ...

Nucleic acids and proteins are examples of important types of biomacromolecules. These include DNA, mRNA, tRNA and rRNA. Understanding their structures and functions, including the processes involved ...

tRNA, like mRNA, is a free-roaming molecule that moves around the cytoplasm. If it receives the correct signal from the ribosome, it will then hunt down amino acid subunits in the cytoplasm and bring ...

John Fraser receives funding from Health Research Council of New Zealand and the Wellcome Leap R3 Consortium for RNA. University of Auckland provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU.

This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to a transformative medical technology that significantly altered the path of the pandemic and saved millions: the mRNA vaccines against COVID.