It’s known as biology’s central dogma: All living organisms’ genetic information is stored in DNA, which is transcribed into RNA, which is translated into proteins that perform nearly all essential ...

Illustration showing the process of a release factor (RF) detecting a stop codon and releasing the newly made peptide chain (right) through a hydrolysis reaction. It’s known as biology’s central dogma ...

Many antibiotics stop bacterial growth by inhibiting different steps of protein synthesis. However, no specific inhibitors of translation termination are known. Proline-rich antimicrobial peptides, a ...