Noncoding RNA folds into intricate shapes that determine its function, but the rules of nucleotide patterns that determine these shapes are largely unknown. Now, an online game that tasks users to ...

A new multidisciplinary study from biophysicists and virologists at the UNC School of Medicine challenges this idea of shape-shifting RNA. Helen Lazear, Ph.D., associate professor of microbiology ...

Users learn that molecular shape determines RNA function and allows RNA strands to carry out a wide variety of jobs essential for life. The Lab also features a series of animated videos that ...

That’s a big problem, because the precise shape that an RNA molecule folds into determines its function. One day, scientists hope to create RNA machines that could become the basis of lifesaving ...

Enzymes called RNA polymerases transcribe DNA into RNA. RNA is the intermediary that carries the information contained within DNA to the ribosomes, where the genetic information is synthesized into ...

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Transfer ribonucleic acid (tRNA) is a type of RNA molecule that helps decode a messenger ... structure with three hairpin loops that form the shape of a three-leafed clover. One of these hairpin ...

RNA polymerase moves along the DNA strand ... After translation, the polypeptide is finally folded into the correct shape and becomes a protein. Peptide bonds form between the adjacent amino ...