In the process of producing proteins from genetic blueprints, the first step is transcription, the generation of RNA molecules, generally called transcripts. In today’s open access paper, researchers present data to support an interesting observation: that age-related changes in the abundance of specific RNA transcripts correlate with transcript length. They offer some suggestions as to mechanisms that might contribute to this effect, such as stochastic DNA damage or dysregulated RNA splicing. RNA splicing is the part of transcription in which RNA to match specific intron and <a href="https://…
Longer RNA Transcripts Exhibit Greater Alterations in Amount with Aging
In the process of producing proteins from genetic blueprints, the first step is transcription, the generation of RNA molecules, generally called transcripts. In today’s open access paper, researchers present data to support an interesting observation: that age-related changes in the abundance of specific RNA transcripts correlate with transcript length. They offer some suggestions as to mechanisms that might contribute to this effect, such as stochastic DNA damage or dysregulated RNA splicing. RNA splicing is the part of transcription in which RNA to match specific intron and <a href="https://…