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How fluorescent RNA gets its glow

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Fluorescent tags are proving invaluable for tracking RNA molecules in cells. Two sets of crystal structures for one such tag — an RNA motif that fluoresces when bound to a dye — will aid the development of even better markers.

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  1. William G. Scott is in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and the Center for the Molecular Biology of RNA, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA.,

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