News tagged with rna sequences

Molecular typesetting -- proofreading without a proofreader

Researchers at the Universities of Leeds and Bristol (UK) have developed a model of how errors are corrected whilst proteins are being built.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cancer cells need normal, nonmutated genes to survive

Corrupt lifestyles and vices go hand in hand; each feeds the other. But even the worst miscreant needs customary societal amenities to get by. It's the same with cancer cells. While they rely on vices in the form of genetic ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Specific small RNA pathways protect germ line from transposons

Cells of higher organisms are in a constant struggle against some of their own DNA - repeated bits of DNA sequence called transposons that have infiltrated host genomes over the eons. Transposons damage the rest of the genome ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers study signaling networks that set up genetic code

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a new study, researchers at the University of Illinois have identified and visualized the signaling pathways in protein-RNA complexes that help set the genetic code in all organisms. The ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Researchers develop new way to see single RNA molecules inside living cells

Biomedical engineers have developed a new type of probe that allows them to visualize single ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules within live cells more easily than existing methods. The tool will help scientists ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Scientists find a new class of small RNAs and define its function

Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) announced today the discovery of a new class of small RNAs. At the same time, they reported that their discovery suggests the presence of a strikingly novel biochemical ...

Biology /

created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0