mRNA
noun
plural mRNAs
: messenger rna
Microarrays that identify thousands of active genes at a time are now a standard tool for biologists. They detect the mRNAs produced by active genes.—
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To overcome that problem, the researchers package the mRNA inside a bubble of lipids, which can then fuse with cell membranes, dumping the mRNA inside the cell.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 13 June 2024
Still other types of ncRNAs, called small nucleolar RNAs, work within cell compartments called nucleoli to help modify the RNA in ribosomes—a cell’s protein-making factories—as well as transfer RNA and mRNA.
—Philip Ball, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
The miRNAs guide the RISC to an mRNA, and this either stops the mRNA from being translated into a protein or leads to its degradation, which has the same effect.
—Philip Ball, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
By Alice Park June 3, 2024 8:00 AM EDT
Moderna says the same mRNA technology that fueled its COVID-19 vaccine is proving effective in fighting melanoma.
—Alice Park, TIME, 3 June 2024
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John Timmer, Ars Technica, 13 June 2024
Still other types of ncRNAs, called small nucleolar RNAs, work within cell compartments called nucleoli to help modify the RNA in ribosomes—a cell’s protein-making factories—as well as transfer RNA and mRNA.
—Philip Ball, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
The miRNAs guide the RISC to an mRNA, and this either stops the mRNA from being translated into a protein or leads to its degradation, which has the same effect.
—Philip Ball, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
By Alice Park June 3, 2024 8:00 AM EDT
Moderna says the same mRNA technology that fueled its COVID-19 vaccine is proving effective in fighting melanoma.
—Alice Park, TIME, 3 June 2024
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