Overlooked ‘Housekeeping’ Gene Plays Unexpected Role in Seizures

Wednesday, August 26, 2020 - 15:50 in Biology & Nature

Within cells, molecules known as transfer RNAs, or “tRNAs,” play an important but unglamorous workhorse role in keeping the genetic translation process moving along from codes of DNA to functional proteins. Because they play such a vital role in this translational “housekeeping,” tRNAs are plentiful. There are hundreds of tRNA genes in mammalian cells and […]

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