In Biology 101, we learn that RNA is a single, ribbon-like strand of base pairs that is copied from our DNA and then read ...

In the RNA loop, three of the six bases (A(−2), A+1 and G+3) form a purine stack that continues the base stacking of the helical stem (Fig. 2a). The foundation of this stack is formed by A−2 ...

These strands are made up of subunits called nucleotides. Each nucleotide contains a phosphate, a 5-carbon sugar molecule and a nitrogenous base. RNA only has one strand, but like DNA, is made up 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 ...

Ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules may be best known for their job ferrying the genetic information encoded in DNA to a cell's protein factories, but these molecules aren't just a middleman for protein ...

University of Pennsylvania researchers have discovered a right-handed, antiparallel double-helix inside influenza ...

RNA-based therapies, such as small interfering RNA (siRNA) and antisense oligonucleotide (ASOs), rely on the specific base-pairing properties of uracil to target and regulate disease-related genes. In ...

Currently, the researchers are using CRISPR-TO to move endogenous RNAs – RNA molecules that are naturally produced within the ...

Immunologists from the Institute have been the first to uncover a role for a family of RNA binding proteins in the function ...