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Ribonucleoprotein Assembly Section

of the Laboratory of Biochemistry & Genetics

Maggie Rodgers.
We study how RNAs and proteins form complexes called ribonucleoproteins that carry out essential steps in gene expression
About Our Research

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Nascent RNA Folding and RNP Assembly Revealed by Single-molecule Microscopy.
Bustamante A, Carrocci TJ, Nicholson DA, Rodgers ML.
J Mol Biol (2026 Jan 1) 438:169365. Abstract/Full Text
Small RNAs and Hfq capture unfolded RNA target sites during transcription.
Rodgers ML, O'Brien B, Woodson SA.
Mol Cell (2023 May 4) 83:1489-1501.e5. Abstract/Full Text
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Last Reviewed April 2025