Researchers have revealed early conditions under which RNA and amino acids may have combined, giving rise to the origin of ...

DNA’s chemical cousin, RNA, was the messenger that carries DNA instructions from the double helix in the cell’s nucleus to ...

The mystery, which has evaded scientists for more than five decades, can be explained with rather simple chemistry, according ...

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

In 1957, just four years after Francis Crick and other scientists solved the riddle of DNA’s structure—the now famous double ...

Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have determined the three-dimensional structure of an RNA enzyme, or “ribozyme,” that carries out a fundamental reaction required to make new ...

Chemists at University College London have shown how two of biology's most fundamental ingredients, RNA (ribonucleic acid) ...

Their importance extends beyond their role in DNA and RNA, as pyrimidines and their derivatives have significant applications in medicine and biotechnology. Understanding the structure, function, and ...

A research team has developed a computerized simulation model which can effectively predict the three-dimensional conformation of the RNA filament starting from a sequence of nucleotides.

The first high-resolution, cryo-electron microscopy structure of mammalian RNA polymerase II, in the form of a transcribing complex comprising DNA template and RNA transcript.

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 ...