An artist's rendition of an RNA molecule with a methyl modification. Methyl groups (represented by the glowing circle) added to RNA (long strand), are part of the epitranscriptomic code. Biotech start ...
On May 27, 1961, Heinrich Matthaei, a postdoc working with NIH scientist Marshal Nirenberg, placed synthetic polyuracil RNA into 20 test tubes to see what it would produce. Each tube contained ...