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 ...

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

RNA molecules exhibit an astonishing diversity in structure, which is integral to their myriad cellular functions ranging from gene regulation to catalysis. Advances in experimental techniques and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Genome-wide probing of intracellular SARS-CoV-2 RNA structure with DMS-MaPseq. (A) Schematic of the experimental protocol for probing viral RNA structures with DMS-MaPseq.

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