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 ...

They say that change takes time. Well, that's not the case for RNA. The small biological molecule acts like a switchboard ...

Protein synthesis is vital for life, translating genetic information from DNA to functional proteins through transcription ...

During translation, ribosomes can pause on the nucleic acid. Researchers showed that collisions from incoming proteins get ...

In normal mice, UVB exposure activated the ZAK-alpha protein, which senses ribosomal ... impair cellular function and, in some cases, drive the development of malignancies. RNA is involved in ...

RNA quality control ... by TBPL1 and PAF1 within ribosomal DNA’s intergenic spacers ensures baseline ncRNA levels critical to nucleolar structure and function. Aberrant RNAs are recognized ...

Ribosomal translation is the process by which cells synthesize proteins based on the genetic instructions encoded in messenger RNA. It is essential ... roles in cellular functions, metabolic ...