App shows 2-D structure of thousands of RNA molecules
"There's an app for that." To a cadre of scientists, the familiar phrase will soon mean they can enter a specific RNA from baker's yeast into their iPhone and see a depiction of its two-dimensional structure - thanks to a new technology developed by scientists at Stanford University.The application is cool, but it's just window dressing for the real advance: For the first time, it's possible to experimentally capture a global snapshot of the conformation of thousands of RNA molecules in a cell. The finding is important because this scrappy little sister of DNA has recently been shown to be much more complex than previously thought."We used to think of RNA as just a long, floppy string that delivers instructions from DNA to the protein-assembly points in the cell," said associate professor of dermatology Howard Chang, MD, PhD. "But now we're learning that often the molecule's structure - and not just its sequence of nucleotide letters - determines its function. So we set out to develop
App shows 2-D structure of thousands of RNA molecules
For the first time, it's possible to experimentally capture a global snapshot of the conformation of thousands of RNA molecules in a cell. The finding is important because this scrappy little ...
Wed 1 Sep 10 from PhysOrg
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"There's an app for that." To a cadre of scientists, the familiar phrase will soon mean they can enter a specific RNA from baker's yeast into their iPhone and see a depiction of its two-dimensional ...
Thu 2 Sep 10 from Labspaces.net
Stanford-Developed App Shows 2-D Structure Of Thousands Of RNA Molecules
"There's an app for that." To a cadre of scientists, the familiar phrase will soon mean they can enter a specific RNA from baker's yeast into their iPhone and see a depiction of its ...
Wed 1 Sep 10 from RedOrbit
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