higher-order structures obtained through complementary base-pair folding. From the RNA Tie Club to today, the more scientists have studied RNA, the more surprises they have uncovered. New ...

DNA is fundamental to the biology of all life on Earth, but how many of us actually know what it is or what it's made of?

Comparison of a single-stranded RNA and a double-stranded DNA with their corresponding nucleobases. (Image: Wikimedia Commons, CC SA 3.0) The most common type of base pairing is the Watson-Crick base ...

All five nucleobases that make up DNA and RNA have now been detected in meteorite samples ... as terrestrial soil and other environments also contain nucleotide bases. “I think [the researchers] ...

One day, scientists hope to create RNA machines that could become the basis of lifesaving therapies. But to do this, they need to understand exactly how a given strand of RNA will fold in three ...

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 ...

With the long-term goal of creating living cells from non-living components, scientists in the field of synthetic biology work with RNA origami. This tool uses the multifunctionality of the natural ...