The unique aspect of the book RNA structure and function is that it goes beyond the required descriptions of the structure and function of stable RNAs, with chapters on structural requirements of ...

Biologists have deciphered a lncRNA structure and used the information to investigate its cellular protein interactions.

Inspired by historical work showing that structure plays a role in the function of other classes of RNA such as transfer RNA, MIT biologists have now deciphered the structure of one type of lncRNA ...

Since RNA splicing can change a protein's function, this work indicates that the structure of RNA can help control its ultimate function, which opens up a new avenue in our understanding of how the ...

RNAs also have an amazing diversity in structure and function. The importance of RNA was highlighted at the “International Conference of RNA Nanotechnology and Therapeutics.” At the conference ...

Researchers at the Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB) and the Regensburg Center for Ultrafast Nanoscopy (RUN) at the ...

To understand what an individual RNA molecule does, its 3D structure needs to be deciphered at the level of its constituent atoms and molecular bonds. Technology used to study the structures of ...

Researchers have determined the three-dimensional structure of an RNA enzyme, or "ribozyme," that carries out a fundamental reaction required to make new RNA molecules. Their results provide ...

To understand the function of an RNA molecule, similar to the better-known DNA and vital for cell metabolism, we need to know its three-dimensional structure. Unfortunately, establishing the shape ...

As RNA shapes in individual cells can vary and drive different functions, studying the collective RNA shapes in many cells may overlook the individual variability in both RNA structure and function.