A Powerful Technique to Further Understanding of RNA (IMAGE)

University of North Carolina Health Care

A Powerful Technique to Further Understanding of RNA

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RNA as it folds as visualized by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Using NMR, researchers can follow structural changes in RNA over real time, important when designing drugs that will bind to the nucleic acid at exactly the right moment.

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UNC/Zhang Lab

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