How does DNA determine an organism’s characteristics? A process called translation decodes RNA created during transcription, and uses it to create proteins that perform specific cellular functions.

Following adeno-associated virus (AAV)-mediated transduction, cellular RNA preparations can be contaminated with AAV single-stranded DNA. The single-stranded DNA genome of recombinant AAV vectors can ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 82, No. 6 (Mar. 15, 1985), pp. 1673-1677 (5 pages) Ornithine decarboxylase (OrnDCase; L-ornithine carboxy-lyase, ...

MRNA is an important messenger, carrying the instructions for life from DNA to the rest of the cell. ktsimage/iStock via Getty Images Plus Here’s a crash course in just what mRNA is and the important ...