Items tagged with RNA

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Scientists Assemble Whole Bacterial Genome Saturday, December 6th, 2008 - 12:28:00 - Anuradha Menon Researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), a not-for-profit genomic research organization, have published a paper describing a significant... read more

Reversing the Conventional DNA Wisdom Friday, December 5th, 2008 - 12:33:49 - Anuradha Menon The copying of DNA's master instructions into messenger molecules of RNA, a process known as DNA transcription, has always been thought to be a... read more

Terrestrial Origin Mooted for More Microbes Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 - 17:48:20 - Ehud Rattner The majority of bacteria may have evolved on land from an early common ancestor, according to an analysis by two US scientists. The relationships... read more

Key Contributor to Alzheimer Identified Sunday, November 16th, 2008 - 16:31:59 - Ehud Rattner Walter J. Lukiw, PhD, Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Ophthalmology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, is the lead author of a paper... read more

Human Genes Sing Different Tunes Monday, November 3rd, 2008 - 10:08:36 - Anuradha Menon Scientists have long known that it's possible for one gene to produce slightly different forms of the same protein by skipping or including certain... read more

Short RNAs Show a Long History Friday, October 3rd, 2008 - 16:20:28 - Anuradha Menon MicroRNAs, the tiny molecules that fine-tune gene expression, were first discovered in 1993. But it turns out they’ve been around for a billion... read more

Surprising Evolution of Protein Translation Saturday, August 16th, 2008 - 10:02:42 - Anuradha Menon A new study of transfer RNA, a molecule that delivers amino acids to the protein-building machinery of the cell, challenges long-held ideas about the... read more

How Cells Save Their Energy Monday, June 2nd, 2008 - 21:21:38 - Ehud Rattner Researchers have found a protein complex that slows down a cell's protein-production machinery when energy is running low. The complex, called eNoSC... read more

Small RNAs May Stop Breast Cancer Thursday, February 14th, 2008 - 12:14:00 - Iddo Genuth Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have identified small pieces of ribonucleic acid (RNA) that suppress the spread of breast cancer to the... read more

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