RNA splicing begins with assembly of helper proteins at the intron/exon borders. These splicing factors act as beacons to guide small nuclear ribo proteins to form a splicing machine, called the ...

Loss of a chemical tag on RNA keeps embryonic stem cells in suspended animation Date: December 5, 2014 Source: University of California - Los Angeles Summary: A novel mechanism of RNA regulation ...

RNA interference (RNAi) is an important pathway that is used in many different organisms to regulate gene expression. This animation introduces the principles of RNAi involving small interfering ...