DNA makes a slight variant of itself known as RNA, which directs
the production of the specific proteins of which all complex life - forms are composed.
But researchers recently discovered that short pieces of RNA called microRNAs can control
the production of specific proteins by targeting their messenger...
When McKnight was research director at Tularik, which is targeting cancer and other diseases with drugs that alter the cell's
production of specific proteins, he spent 30 % to 40 % of his time scraping together dollars.
«We found that cytoplasmic Rbfox1 represses
the production of specific proteins,» Dr. Buszczak said.
These segments disrupt
the production of specific proteins, rendering a gene «silenced».
These patterns determine whether your genetic code will turn on or turn off
production of a specific protein or process.