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noncoding RNA, cell & molecular biology

RNA Moves a Memory From One Snail to Another
Ashley Yeager | May 14, 2018 | 4 min read
Injecting molecules from a sea slug that received tail shocks into one that didn’t made the recipient animal behave more cautiously. 
The RNA Age: A Primer
Ruth Williams | May 11, 2017 | 3 min read
Our guide to all known forms of RNA, from cis-NAT to vault RNA and everything in between.
Noncoding RNA Helps Cells Recover from DNA Damage
Diana Kwon | May 1, 2017 | 2 min read
Scientists discover transcripts from the same gene that can express both proteins and noncoding RNA.
 
Riboswitch Flip Kills Bacteria
Ruth Williams | Sep 30, 2015 | 3 min read
Scientists discover a novel antibacterial molecule that targets a vital RNA regulatory element.
Crossing Boundaries
Anna Azvolinsky | Sep 1, 2014 | 9 min read
A groundbreaker in the study of Listeria monocytogenes, Pascale Cossart continues to build her research tool kit to understand how to fight such intracellular human pathogens.
It’s Easy Being Green
Richard P. Grant | Jan 1, 2012 | 2 min read
Now RNA can glow in the cell, as only proteins could in the past.
Epigenetics—A Primer
Stefan Kubicek | Mar 1, 2011 | 1 min read
Epigenetic events regulate the activities of genes without changing the DNA sequence. Different genes are expressed depending on the methyl-marks attached to DNA itself and by changes in the structure and/or composition of chromatin. 
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