Tales from the RNA Underworld - A Blog from the Dark Side of the cell

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Catastrophe - RNA viruses on the brink

Posted by Lesley Collins on Saturday, November 6, 2010, In : RNA evolution 

Lets start with the basics like the central dogma of life. (See the diagram below) I don’t know who came up with the name but it sounds cool for the textbooks so it kind of stuck. DNA is our famous double stranded genetic storage material, all our genes are there, ready to go. It is...


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Welcome to the RNA Underworld!

Posted by Lesley Collins on Thursday, September 9, 2010,
Hello all who venture to the Dark Side!

Yes ncRNA is also known as the 'Dark Matter of the cell' or the 'RNA underworld' due to the way it doesnt really get the credit. I have called it the 'civil service' of the cell since ncRNAs are often the unsung heroes of how a cell runs.

In this blog I will talk about some of the latest discoveries from the RNA world - the modern and the ancient. I may also include some software updates.

Cheers
Lesley
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Lesley Collins Bioinformatian and Evolutionary genomics researcher in the RNA underworld. looking at how ncRNAs interact with proteins and other RNAs in the modern and ancient RNA worlds. Feel free to leave a comment, just click on the title of the particular blog and scroll to the bottom of the page.

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