RNA crystals grown on Earth are evaluated under a polarized microscope (IMAGE)

NASA/Johnson Space Center

RNA crystals grown on Earth are evaluated under a polarized microscope

Caption

RNA crystals grown on Earth are evaluated under a polarized microscope as part of the pre-flight Experiment Validation Test (EVT) for the Uniform Protein Crystal Growth experiment. This experiment aims to grow and analyze a batch of near perfect nanocrystals of riboswitch RNA, which is responsible for switching individual genes on and off.

Credit

Jason R. Stagno, Ph.D. & Yun-Xing Wang, Ph.D., Protein-Nucleic Acid Interaction Section, Center for Structural Biology, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS

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