The genetic code is the recipe for life, and provides the instructions for how to make proteins, generally using just 20 ...

During decoding, a codon of messenger RNA is matched with its cognate aminoacyl-transfer RNA and the amino acid carried by the tRNA is added to the growing protein chain. Here we propose a molecular ...

Plasmids containing a mouse cDNA sequence encoding the enzyme dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR; tetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase; 5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolate:NADP + oxidoreductase, EC 1.5.1.3) have been used ...

Instead of fixing one of the many genes that can be mutated, the technique addresses a type of mutation they share, a stop ...

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DNA has often been called “the book of life,” but this popular phrase makes some biologists squirm a bit. True, DNA bears our genes, which spell out the instructions our cells use to make ...

Living things, from bacteria to humans, depend on a workforce of proteins to carry out essential tasks within their cells. Proteins are chains of amino acids that are strung together according to ...

Chronic wasting disease, a prion protein disease that is fatal in elk, deer, and other cervids, has spread rapidly across the ...