Drs. Elisavet Maniataki and Zissimos Mourelatos (UPENN School of Medicine) report on the pathway of human RISC assembly from pre-microRNAs (miRNAs), highlighting important differences from the ...

The discovery of two new proteins could lead to better ways to regulate plant structure and the ability to resist crop stresses such as drought, thus improving agriculture productivity. The discovery ...

The RNA paradigm is due for another correction. Once, RNA seemed a mere conduit between genes and proteins. Its status expanded with reports of catalytic RNA 20 years ago and of endogenous RNA ...

Human Argonaute 1 protein (cyan) bound to let-7 microRNA (magenta). Ago protein family plays a role in RNA silencing processes. Cartoon model with semi-transparent surface. Shutterstock | petarg ...