Associations to the word «Ribosome»

Wiktionary

RIBOSOME, noun. (biology) Small organelles found in all cells; involved in the production of proteins by translating messenger RNA.

Dictionary definition

RIBOSOME, noun. An organelle in the cytoplasm of a living cell; they attach to mRNA and move down it one codon at a time and then stop until tRNA brings the required amino acid; when it reaches a stop codon it falls apart and releases the completed protein molecule for use by the cell; "the ribosome is the site of protein synthesis".

Wise words

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