Scientists Just Discovered an RNA That Repairs DNA Damage – And It’s a Game-Changer
Our DNA is constantly under threat — from cell division errors to external factors like sunlight and smoking. Fortunately, ...
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Volcanic Islands Had The Conditions For RNA To Replicate, Initiating Life
Most of the major conditions required for RNA to replicate, possibly the key stage in kick-starting life, were probably met ...
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Some viruses 'freeze' their RNA to replicate, study finds
Further investigation by the Zhang and Lazear labs revealed that this frozen, stable RNA structure plays an important role in viral replication. They found that this particular configuration can ...
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Cryo-EM Reveals 3D Structure of Nipah Virus RNA Polymerase
The replication of the Nipah virus's genetic material in infected cells has been demonstrated for the first time by ...
Nanowerk6mon
Base Pair: The Building Blocks of DNA and RNA
In this type of pairing, adenine (A) forms two hydrogen bonds with thymine (T) in DNA or uracil (U) in RNA, while guanine (G) forms three hydrogen bonds with cytosine (C). These base pairs are highly ...
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Cytosine in DNA and RNA: Functions, Modifications, and Applications
During DNA replication, the complementary base pairing ensures faithful copying of the genetic material. In RNA, cytosine also pairs with guanine. However, RNA is typically single-stranded and serves ...
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DNA and RNA articles from across Nature Portfolio
DNA and RNA are nucleic acids found in the nucleus ... Self-growth of cells has been a goal for replication in synthetic cells. Here, the authors report on the integration of a DNA amplification ...
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Using RNA to Amplify RNA
The research “has extended the capabilities of RNA to RNA polymerization in ways that have not been achieved before,” said Scott Silverman of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, who did ...