New laboratory test assesses how DNA damage affects protein synthesis

Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - 16:30 in Biology & Nature

Transcription is a cellular process by which genetic information from DNA is copied to messenger RNA for protein production. But anticancer drugs and environmental chemicals can sometimes interrupt this flow of genetic information by causing modifications in DNA.

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