RNA switching in action (VIDEO)

Northwestern University

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Using R2D2 ("reconstructing RNA dynamics from data") simulations, researchers modeled RNA in three dimensions as it binds to a compound, communicates along its length and folds to turn a gene "on" or "off."

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Northwestern University/University at Albany

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