RNA101


The goal of this page is to provide you with a crash course on RNA, hitting on all the major functions and features that will be relevant to synthetic biology. A lot of the complexity and niche occurrences inherent to the world of DNA have been stripped away for the sake of simplicity, so please use this guide as a starting block for deeper learning - rather than as a definitive guide.
I also need to find spare time to draw some diagrams, so I’ve borrowed and referenced the diagrams of my betters in the meantime.

- Alex


What is RNA?


How to mentally picture RNA


What is the structure of DNA?


How does RNA work?


When does RNA work?


How can you (the researcher) make use of these features of RNA?


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