The more researchers examine RNA ... of these molecules as possible therapies. But as far as their structure is concerned, these RNAs all share the same basic single-stranded chemical structure ...

How did viruses evolve ... they can catalyze chemical reactions. Perhaps, simple replicating RNA molecules, existing before the first cell formed, developed the ability to infect the first ...

Their study, which was published in Nature Chemical ... molecules, such as RNA, DNA, and proteins, in astounding atom-by-atom detail. However, lab members were quick to realize that the Zika virus ...

Normally, sensor proteins recognize incoming viruses as foreign and tell the cell nucleus to turn on genes for making messenger RNA molecules. The molecules deliver instructions to ribosomes to ...

In a paper published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society ... process whereby RNA sequences were copied by means ...

It’s the same when doctors, researchers and epidemiologists fight any virus: The physical structure of its molecules dictate how a virus infects ... It is a bundle of DNA or RNA bound up in a ...

Some RNA molecules, called ribozymes, possess catalytic activity and can catalyze chemical reactions. For example, the ribosome itself is a ribozyme, as the rRNA component catalyzes the formation of ...

NORAD is a unique RNA molecule ... system from producing a virus-targeted response, but when a viral attack happens, the cell responds by cutting and digesting NORAD molecules.