A research team from the International Research Center for Medical Sciences (IRCMS) at Kumamoto University has identified a ...

The simplest way to decipher the code would be to start with an mRNA molecule of known sequence, use it to direct the synthesis of a protein, and then determine the amino acid sequence of the ...

While DNA sequencing is routine, determining protein sequences remains one of biology’s toughest challenges, says ...

During protein synthesis, or translation ... The team found that a specific nucleotide sequence at the tail end of the FEM1B ...

A natural antibacterial molecule shows clinical promise. Its unusual binding site is on an excellent target: protein-synthesis machinery known as the ribosome.

Rational design is the classical protein engineering method that involves site directed mutagenesis. 7 Scientists perform specific point mutations via insertions or deletions in the coding sequence ...

Two molecular control factors play a decisive role in what is known as splicing, the cutting and assembly of mature messenger ...

“That was very strange because we thought all protein synthesis had ended. The small subunit had gone ... that confirmed that the stalled peptides were elongated with random sequences of alanines and ...