Michael Yarus
- Professor
Porter B313B
Email:
yarus@colorado.edu
Phone:
(303) 492-8376
Websites:
Office Location:
Education:
- Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1965
Biography:
Research Interests:
RNA structure and function; RNA catalysis; mechanisms of translation; origins of translation.
Research Profile:
See PUBLICATIONS below for characteristic examples - in addition, selected complete manuscripts can be downloaded from the WEBSITE above.
This laboratory has engaged in three major types of scientific work:
- 1. on the fundamental reactions of the translational apparatus, and the roles of particular tRNA and mRNA sequences in translational efficiency and accuracy.
- 2. on the selection of particular RNA structures with binding or catalytic activity, and the relation of those activities to the origin of the genetic code, or translation in a larger sense.
- 3. on the nature of RNA affinity for phospholipid bilayers and on the role of such membrane RNAs in biology.
See PUBLICATIONS below for characteristic examples - in addition, selected complete manuscripts can be downloaded from the WEBSITE above.
