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Nature 432, 456-457 (25 November 2004) | doi:10.1038/432456a; Published online 24 November 2004

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Molecular biology: Termination by torpedo

David Tollervey1

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The information encoded in our genes must be copied into messenger RNAs, which will programme the protein-synthesis machinery. New results support an intriguing mechanism for ending the copying process.

Genetic information is encoded in the sequence of the DNA double helix. To access this information, the DNA sequence must be copied, or 'transcribed', by enzymes known as RNA polymerases.

  1. David Tollervey is at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, UK.
    Email: d.tollervey@ed.ac.uk

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