Later it was found that the sugar in nucleic acid can be ribose or deoxyribose, giving two forms: RNA and DNA ... molecule. Scientists still needed to figure out this molecule's structure to ...

Comparison of a single-stranded RNA and a double-stranded DNA with their corresponding nucleobases ... Non-Watson-Crick base pairs can play important roles in RNA secondary structure, protein-nucleic ...

The central dogma of molecular biology ... stored in DNA into proteins. In reality, there is much more to the RNA story. However, in the half-century since the structure of DNA was first ...

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is the information-carrying molecule found in all living ... is the instructions that the cell uses to make proteins. Proteins play a big part in determining the ...

RNA is similar to DNA but contains uracil instead of thymine (T) and has a single-stranded structure. Comparison of a single ... delivering amino acids to the ribosomes during protein synthesis. Each ...

DNA and RNA use the same five-carbon sugar, ribose, in their structure ... in a molecule of DNA was an essential template for ...

A University of Iowa-led study has revealed the unexpected structure adopted by the DNA repair protein RAD52 as it binds and ...

For natural cells, the so-called central dogma of molecular biology describes how protein ... the cell structure, for example -- is translated using self-folding RNA alone. First, a DNA sequence ...

Scientists at the University of Iowa have made an exciting discovery that could lead to new cancer-fighting drugs. They found ...

A research team led by Rice University's Yang Gao has uncovered new insights into the molecular mechanisms of ADAR1, a protein that regulates ribonucleic acid (RNA) induced immune responses. Their ...

The result is an innovative new technique that uses a novel DNA barcode ... understand how both RNA and proteins are organized in tissues. The team also automated the system, enabling the researchers ...