New experiments have found a kind of ribonucleic acid (RNA) that acts as a messenger to carry instructions from the genes to the particles in the cell where proteins are manufactured ...

Transfer ribonucleic acid (tRNA) is a type of RNA molecule that helps decode a messenger RNA (mRNA ... The tRNA molecule has a distinctive folded structure with three hairpin loops that form ...

Translation is the process by which a protein is synthesized from the information contained in a molecule of messenger RNA (mRNA ... Translation occurs in a structure called the ribosome ...

Genes have to be expressed in the right place, at the time, and at the right levels. Scientists wanted to know more about how ...

RNA polymerase II, shown here, is responsible for creating messenger RNA (mRNA), which is the main type ... X-ray diffraction crystallography data into a 3D representation of the structure of this ...

In this study, the researchers reveal the structure of U11 snRNP—one of ... called introns—from the precursors of messenger RNA (pre-mRNA), the molecule responsible for transferring genetic ...

A new review article highlights the transformative role of circular RNA (circRNA) in cancer, revealing its potential as both ...

Unlike traditional messenger RNA, circRNAs form a continuous loop, lacking the typical 5' cap and 3' tail. This unique structure was originally believed to preclude them from protein translation.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Scientists have discovered that some tiny segments of RNA thought to be junk instead have a functional role in suppressing production of certain messenger RNAs and appear to ...

Biologists have discovered a new type of RNA-splicing regulation that helps to determine which protein-coding exons will be included in messenger RNA transcripts. RNA splicing is a cellular ...