A radar for ADAR: Altered gene tracks RNA editing in neurons
Sunday, December 25, 2011 - 13:00
in Biology & Nature
To track what they can't see, pilots look to the green glow of the radar screen. Now biologists monitoring gene expression, individual variation, and disease have a glowing green indicator of their own: Brown University biologists have developed a "radar" for tracking ADAR, a crucial enzyme for editing RNA in the nervous system.