"Antisense" is not the same thing as "nonsense" if there's a reason for it. DNA is usually read in the "sense" direction -- the direction that translates into a protein. The translation machinery can work in the opposite direction sometimes, though, producing an "antisense" RNA. Given our acquaintance with language, this would seem puzzling; what possible meaning could come from reading a paragraph backwards? Two recent papers show that cells can make sense out of antisense, by creating long...
Published on November 11, 2014 03:42