There has been a plethora of experimental approaches that combine traditional chemical probing techniques with next-generation sequencing. These methods have allowed the first glimpse of the 'RNA ...

Several years ago, biologists discovered a new type of genetic material known as long noncoding RNA. This RNA does not code for proteins and is copied from sections of the genome once believed to be ...

Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) polymerase is an intermediary enzyme responsible for processing gene sequences into RNA-based genetic material that can be utilized in protein synthesis. In this article, we ...

RNA modifications play crucial roles in gene regulation, cellular function and the response to environmental stimuli. However, the detection and characterization of these modifications remain ...

Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is critical in regulating plant gene expression, growth, and stress responses, with structural motifs ...

The field of gene expression has recently entered a new era characterized by a detailed understanding of the structure and function of multisubunit RNA polymerases (RNAPs), which are responsible for ...

RNA modification important for brain function m6A modification plays an important role in the function of the nervous system and in sex determination in the fruit fly Date: December 8, 2016 Source: ...

While hundreds of circular RNAs (circRNAs) are abundant in mammalian brains, one big question has remained unanswered: What are they actually good for? In the current issue of Science, Nikolaus ...

Research from the Cancer Institute at the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research (JFCR), which was published today (August 23, at 3 pm US ET) in the leading international scientific journal ...