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Nature 441, 1054-1055 (29 June 2006) | doi:10.1038/4411054a; Published online 28 June 2006
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Structural biology: RNA switches function
Steve Reichow1 & Gabriele Varani1
Abstract
Proteins are not the only regulators of metabolite synthesis — some RNA molecules do it too. These RNAs lack chemical diversity, so how do we explain the variety of their respective substrates?
The traditional view of RNA as a passive messenger in the transfer of genetic information has long been abandoned. Yet every few years we are still surprised by the discovery of another function that RNA performs.
- Steve Reichow and Gabriele Varani are in the Departments of Biochemistry and Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700, USA.
Email: varani@chem.washington.edu
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