How does the cell convert DNA into working proteins ... and it does not affect the sequence of amino acids in a protein (Figure 3). So, what is the purpose of the UTR? It turns out that the ...

However, in the half-century since the structure of DNA was first elaborated, scientists have learned that RNA does much more than simply play a role in protein synthesis. For example, many types ...

Crick explained that as proteins are synthesised, information is taken from the DNA molecule, first into an RNA molecule, and is then used to make a protein. Before the lecture, he drew a little ...

This process of protein synthesis occurs in two stages - transcription and translation. When a gene is to be expressed, the base sequence of DNA is copied or transcribed into mRNA (messenger RNA).

Diversity-generating retroelements (DGRs) are found in the genomes of microorganisms across the globe—from the arctic permafrost to Yellowstone's hot springs and the human gut. DGRs are able to ...

Messenger RNA carries genetic information from DNA in the highly protected nucleus out to the rest of the cell ... The inherent instability of mRNA allows cells to rapidly adjust protein levels in ...

the Cas9 protein hooks up with the guide RNA and then moves along the strands of DNA until it finds and binds to a 20-DNA-letter long sequence that matches part of the guide RNA sequence.

Yoshiki Ochiai, the paper's first author and Ph.D. student in the Protein Engineering and Evolution Unit, tried to improve RNA methylation activity of a bacterial non-site-specific DNA ...

Most CRISPR applications use an enzyme called Cas9 to edit genes on the DNA level. However, a newer technology uses the ...

A University of California, Irvine-led research team has discovered intricate molecular mechanisms driving the RNA processing defects that lead to Huntington's disease and link HD with other ...

RNA is the molecule that reads the genetic information stored in DNA. It's critical for the proper functioning of cells, and in a new study published in Nature Communications, University of California ...

The N-terminal ATP-dependent ligase domain belongs to the covalent nucleotidyltransferase enzyme superfamily that includes classic RNA/DNA ligases and mRNA capping enzymes ... and mRNA breaks (during ...