Kim M. Keeling is in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA. Messenger RNA molecules encode the ...

This year marks the 150th anniversary of one of the largest mass lynchings in American history. The carnage erupted in Los Angeles on October 24, 1871, when a frenzied mob of 500 people stormed into ...

A region of DNA that codes for a protein, often referred to as a gene, is the fundamental unit of heredity responsible for specific traits and functions within an organism. This intricate segment of ...

Selenocysteinyl-tRNA Sec is used by many organisms from all three domains of life to incorporate selenocysteine (Sec) site-specifically into certain proteins. Two recent reports have identified a new ...