Studies of RNA rewarded with the Aminoff Prize
This year’s Aminoff Prize is awarded to researchers Elena Conti and Patrick Cramer in Germany and Seth Darst in the US, who have investigated cellular systems for the production, transport and quality control of RNA.RNA, a macromolecule found in all living organisms, reads and interprets the information in the genome. It is vital that this process works properly.Transcription occurs when selected parts of the genome’s DNA are copied, forming RNA. Complicated enzymes are responsible for this; these are called RNA polymerases. The transcription of DNA, transferring its information to RNA,