UMD researchers have discovered key mechanisms in gene regulation that could improve the design of RNA-based medicines.

Japanese scientists detected all five nucleobases — building blocks of DNA and RNA — in samples returned from asteroid Bennu ...

NASA scientists found amino acids, key minerals, and nucleobases for DNA in samples from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission.

ChromoGen: A quick method to determine 3D genomic structures using generative AI, enabling the prediction of thousands of ...

Enzymes called RNA polymerases transcribe DNA into RNA. RNA is the intermediary that carries ... X-ray diffraction crystallography data into a 3D representation of the structure of this enzyme.

Genetically speaking, it's a bacterium's worst-case scenario: During transcription, newly minted RNA sticks to its DNA template, forming a 3-stranded structure known as an R-loop. While these ...

Another important discovery was an intricate RNA structure near the critical "frameshift site" in the viral genome. This frameshift site is essential for the virus to produce the correct ...