In mRNA, three-nucleotide units called codons dictate a particular amino acid. For example, AUG codes for the amino acid methionine (beige).

Chemists at University College London have shown how two of biology's most fundamental ingredients, RNA (ribonucleic acid) ...

Researchers have revealed early conditions under which RNA and amino acids may have combined, giving rise to the origin of ...

A mRNA molecule encoding truncated excitatory amino acid carrier 1 (EAAC1) protein (EAAC2) is transcribed from an independent promoter but not an alternative splicing event.

Micro-protein factories called ribosomes read the mRNA instructions to make proteins. They read the code three chemical letters at a time. Each triplet codes for an amino acid – a single ...

Chemists at UCL (University College London) have shown how two of biology’s most fundamental ingredients, RNA (ribonucleic acid) and amino acids, could have spontaneously joined together at the origin ...