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Explained: RNA interference

Explained: RNA interference

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Every high school biology student learns the basics of how genes are expressed: DNA, the cell’s master information keeper, is copied into messenger RNA, which carries protein-building instructions to the ribosome, ...


Study Reveals Unexpected Ancient Cellular Structure

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at North Carolina State University have effectively lifted the veil from the structure of an ancient and important RNA-protein complex essential for the biosynthesis and function of the ribosome, ...


Extremophile Yields a Key Cog in Life's Protein Factory

Extremophile Yields a Key Cog in Life's Protein Factory

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Peering at single molecules within an organism that makes its home near thermal vents, Yale University scientists have discovered the structure of a key player in the creation of protein-making ...


Life secret exposed: Scientists unlock mystery of molecular machine

Chemistry /

created Feb 19, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (28) | comments 8

A major mystery about the origins of life has been resolved. According to a study published in the journal Nature, two Université de Montréal scientists have proposed a new theory for how a universal molecu ...


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Lost in translation: Perfectionist protein-maker trashes errors

Biology /

created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The enzyme machine that translates a cell's DNA code into the proteins of life is nothing if not an editorial perfectionist.