The model calculations in the present study show that proteins are therefore preferably synthesized in the branched, tapering ...

A complex molecular machine, the spliceosome, ensures that the genetic information from the genome, after being transcribed into mRNA precursors, is correctly assembled into mature mRNA. Splicing is a ...

Nerve cells have amazing strategies to save energy and still perform the most important of their tasks. Researchers from the ...

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

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

While some of the initial zeal around localized vaccine production in Africa has waned since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, efforts to bolster the continent’s immunization autonomy—especially | ...