mRNA free and Jammed (IMAGE)

Washington University in St. Louis

mRNA free and Jammed

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The Zaher lab has found that that oxidative damage to a single base (bold X) on a messenger RNA (the jagged ribbon) can jam the cellular nanomachine (green) that translates the mRNA into protein (ribbon into beads).

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Hani Zaher

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