Cell-to-cell communication is essential throughout all forms and stages of life, and many communication mechanisms are well ...

Cell-to-cell communication is crucial in all forms and stages of life, and various communication mechanisms have been extensively researched.

This study is the first to demonstrate that certain tRNA introns influence gene expression. Scientists have discovered that ...

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

RNA-based medicines are one of the most promising ways to fight human disease, as demonstrated by the recent successes of RNA ...

Transfer ribonucleic acid (tRNA) is a type of RNA molecule that helps decode a messenger RNA (mRNA) sequence into a protein. tRNAs function at specific sites in the ribosome during translation ...

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 help cells respond to ...

There are many molecules with therapeutic potential, but it can be a challenge to deliver them to the right places at the ...

There are three types of RNA involved in the translation process: messenger RNA (mRNA), transfer RNA (tRNA), and ribosomal RNA (rRNA). Although some RNA molecules are passive copies of DNA ...

tRNAs have a distinct cloverleaf secondary structure and an L-shaped tertiary structure. The cloverleaf structure is formed by the folding of the single-stranded tRNA molecule, which is typically ...

Comparison of a single-stranded RNA and a double-stranded DNA with their corresponding nucleobases (Image: Wikimedia Commons, CC SA 3.0) Transfer RNA (tRNA) molecules are responsible for delivering ...

“Understanding SID-1 and its role has significant implications for human medicine. If we can learn how this protein controls RNA transfer between cells, we could potentially develop better targeted ...