News tagged with ribonucleoprotein
A double ring ceremony prepares telomerase RNA to wed its protein partner
Few molecules are more interesting than DNA—except of course RNA. After two decades of research, that "other macromolecule" is no longer considered a mere messenger between glamorous DNA and protein-synthesizing ...
Mar 25, 2012 |
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Study Reveals Unexpected Ancient Cellular Structure
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at North Carolina State University have effectively lifted the veil from the structure of an ancient and important RNA-protein complex essential for the biosynthesis and function of the ribosome, ...
Sep 10, 2009 |
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Back to basics: Scientists discover a fundamental mechanism for cell organization (w/Video)
Scientists have discovered that cells use a very simple phase transition -- similar to water vapor condensing into dew -- to assemble and localize subcellular structures that are involved in formation of the embryo.
May 21, 2009 |
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Research reveals novel transport mechanism for large ribonucleoproteins
The movement of genetic materials, such as RNA and ribosomes, from the nucleus to the cytoplasm is a critical component in a cell's ability to make the proteins necessary for essential biological functions. Until now, it ...
May 10, 2012 |
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Study of ribosome evolution challenges 'RNA World' hypothesis
In the beginning – of the ribosome, the cell's protein-building workbench – there were ribonucleic acids, the molecules we call RNA that today perform a host of vital functions in cells. And according ...
Mar 12, 2012 |
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Transcriptional elongation control takes on new dimensions
Life is complicated enough, so you can forgive the pioneers of DNA biology for glossing over transcriptional elongation control by RNA polymerase II, the quick and seemingly bulletproof penultimate step in ...
Dec 22, 2011 |
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Scientists engineer nanoscale vaults to encapsulate 'nanodisks' for drug delivery
(PhysOrg.com) -- There's no question, drugs work in treating disease. But can they work better, and safer?
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 21, 2011 |
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Flu focus: NIH project aims for better drugs
Rice University scientists have won a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to scrutinize the influenza A virus for clues that could lead to more effective antiviral drugs. Strains of influenza A include ...
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Extremophile Yields a Key Cog in Life's Protein Factory
(PhysOrg.com) -- Peering at single molecules within an organism that makes its home near thermal vents, Yale University scientists have discovered the structure of a key player in the creation of protein-making ...
Sep 10, 2009 |
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Biological markers of prostate cancer shed light on cancer burden faced by African-American men
Researchers based at Tulane University report the discovery of biological markers of prostate cancer which are involved in the growth of tumor cells, shedding light on the genetic basis for the prostate cancer burden faced ...
Nov 29, 2007 |
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