Scientists discover master regulator of motor neuron firing

Friday, March 13, 2009 - 17:14 in Biology & Nature

When the Human Genome Project was complete, DNA bowed out of the limelight and gave way to RNA as a major player in genetic regulation. New findings that reveal the master architect behind a functioning motor neuron not only mirror this ideological shift but further point to the increasingly indisputable role of RNA as the molecule behind biological complexity.

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