By East Ventura News |
Apr 4, 2024
Student scientists at California Lutheran University are making significant strides in the field of biosciences. Alina Tong, a senior biology major, along with her fellow student Alexis Jones and their professors, recently published a research paper in the journal Biochemistry. The paper, titled “Characterization of a FourU RNA Thermometer in the 5’ Untranslated Region of Autolysin Gene blyA in the Bacillus subtilis 168 Prophage SPβ,” explores the regulation of gene expression at the RNA level.In the study, Tong and Jones focused on RNA thermometers (RNATs) and their role...