Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered new details about how poxvirus hijacks its host's protein synthesis machinery ...

The ribosome consists of two ribonucleoprotein subunits. The small subunit mediates the interactions between the anticodons of the tRNAs and the codons in the mRNA that they are translating to ...

In many genetic diseases, a small error in the DNA code can have devastating effects. These errors, called nonsense mutations ...

Mapping a human cell gives researchers a view of subcellular architecture and sheds light on how cancer develops.

Some bacteria eat sugar. Some survive in boiling acid. And now, apparently, some breathe electricity like they’re powering ...

These fundamental findings offer a novel mechanism by which rubrerythrin tubules encapsulate encapsulin to prevent oxidative stress in Pyrococcus furiosus. However, there are a few reasonable concerns ...

Fusarium graminearum causes Fusarium head blight in cereals and stalk rot in maize, mainly affecting crops in the US, Canada, ...

A study in Nature Aging from researchers at the UC Davis School of Medicine has identified specific microRNAs — non-coding ...

Researchers identified 49 microRNAs linked to psychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases. Four microRNAs were associated with ...

Cells rely on ribosomes to translate genetic messages into proteins, a job that underpins everything from metabolism to growth. Researchers have long believed that when ribosomes encounter an obstacle ...