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Max Delbrück CentermRNAs have zip code sequences that ensure they arrive at the right location in the #cell. A method developed by Marina Chekulaeva (#mdcBerlin) and Igor Ulitsky (Weizmann Institute of Science) has identified new #mRNA zip codes, as the researchers report in Nature Neuroscience: https://www.mdc-berlin.de/news/news/decoding-cellular-zipcodes
Decoding cellular zipcodes
Researchers suspect that neurodegenerative diseases occur when messenger RNA (mRNA) goes astray in the neuron. With a new method, Marina Chekulaeva is able to identify “zipcodes” that assign a destination to mRNAs. She has now presented her method in the journal Nature Neuroscience.