Understanding where and in what quantities essential elements for life have existed on Earth's surface helps explain the ...

The sugar-phosphate backbone forms the structural framework of nucleic acids, including DNA and RNA. This backbone is composed of alternating sugar and phosphate groups, and defines directionality ...

In the case of DNA and RNA, these monomers are nucleotides. Nucleotides themselves are composed of three distinct parts: sugar, phosphate, and a nitrogenous base. Here's what each of those really ...

Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a linear molecule composed of four types of smaller molecules called ribonucleotide bases: adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and uracil (U). RNA is often compared ...

The subtype of RNA Dr. Kirino studied is called cyclic-phosphate containing RNA, or cP-RNA, for short. Although researchers knew this unusual form of phosphate existed on RNA molecules, ...

Understanding where and in what quantities essential elements for life have existed on Earth's surface helps explain the ...

Panel A shows the relation between injected RNA and phosphate uptake. Phosphate-induced current was recorded in voltage-clamped X. laevis oocytes (holding potential, –50 mV) ...

Control phosphate buffer solution (black), green: ... Phosphate buffer blank, green: G12C RNA sample), 118 from a total 5399 curves acquired in the experiment. Credit: ...