Amplifiable messenger RNA.

Messenger RNA.

Synthesis of an amplifiable reporter RNA for bioassays.

The replacement of reporter groups, such as fluorescent molecules or enzymes, by an amplifiable reporter should lead to bioassays of greatly increased sensitivity, since a very large number of copies of the reporter can be accumulated in a short time. Midivariant RNA is an appropriate reporter, since it is autocatalytically replicated by Q beta RNA polymerase in vitro. This RNA can be amplified...

Who discovered messenger RNA?

The announcement of the discovery of messenger RNA (mRNA) and the cracking of the genetic code took place within weeks of each other in a climax of scientific excitement during the summer of 1961. Although mRNA is of decisive importance to our understanding of gene function, no Nobel Prize was awarded for its discovery. The large number of people involved, the complex nature of the results, and...

Haemoglobin messenger RNA.

This is a short review on the isolation and translation in heterologous Systems of a 9 s RNA which carries the information of haemoglobin. Rabbit haemodobin (Hb) messenger RNA (mRNA) was the first eukaryotic genetic message to be isolated, quite a long time ago (1). This was mainly due to the fact that mammalian reticulocytes offer the favourable opportunity of being highly specialized cells wh...

Nuclear RNA - Protein Interactions Messenger RNA Processing

Eucaryotic messenger RNA precursors are processed in nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles (hnRNP). Here recent work on the structure of hnRNP is reviewed, with emphasis on function. Detailed analysis of a specific case, the altered assembly of hnRNP in heatshocked Drosophila and mammalian cells, leads to a general hypothesis linking hnRNP structure and messenger RNA processing. A unifying princi...