The ribosome is the site of protein synthesis. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The active site consists of RNA (white strands), not protein (orange), supporting the conclusion that the ribosome is a ribozyme. From Wordnik.com. [Exploring the New RNA World] Reference
In all, a ribosome is built from hundreds of thousands of atoms. From Wordnik.com. [The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009 - Illustrated Presentation] Reference
This provides the most direct evidence yet that the ribosome is indeed a ribozyme, an RNA catalyst. From Wordnik.com. [Exploring the New RNA World] Reference
As the target of 50% of known antibiotics, the bacterial ribosome is a structure of major therapeutic importance. From Wordnik.com. [The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009 - Speed Read] Reference
The ribosome is an unusual catalyst, composed of three RNA molecules (four in some species) as well as dozens of proteins. From Wordnik.com. [Exploring the New RNA World] Reference
The ribosome is a machine that gets instructions from the genetic code and operates chemically in order to produce the product. From Wordnik.com. [Ada E. Yonath - Interview] Reference
Other structures showed how the ribosome is inhibited by antibiotics, how it promotes the interaction of mRNA with transfer RNAs, and how the whole assembly is organized. From Wordnik.com. [Exploring the New RNA World] Reference
The ribosome is a large molecular complex of RNA and protein. From Wordnik.com. [HHMI News] Reference
A cellular machine called a ribosome then translates this mRNA template into a chain of amino acids to form the protein. From Wordnik.com. [Newswise: Latest News] Reference
The mRNA from the gene is transported to an organelle in the cytoplasm called a ribosome where it is translated into a chain of codon. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]]
PacBio's machine has also allowed Stanford researchers to watch the structure in cells, called a ribosome, which makes proteins from DNA code. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The ribosome is remarkable in that it can decode. From Wordnik.com. [Exploring the New RNA World] Reference
Another structure called a "ribosome," which is also made of RNA, then reads this recipe and makes a protein to order. From Wordnik.com. [Biosingularity] Reference
The ribosome connects about ten amino acids per second. From Wordnik.com. [The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009 - Illustrated Presentation] Reference
And none of these patients received the ribosome medicine. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 23, 2009] Reference
Why is the enzymatic core of a ribosome RNA and not protein?. From Wordnik.com. [A Minimal Genome] Reference
Molecular diagnostic for better alveolar damage toradol ribosome. From Wordnik.com. [Rudy: Iraq Is "In The Hands Of Other People"] Reference
A liver, with double-membrane cells, ribosome-studded and intricate. From Wordnik.com. [Across The Sea Of Suns]
The way I understand it is think of a clay sheet almost like a ribosome. From Wordnik.com. [Open thread: questions and explanations - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
And the ribosome RNA rRNA was considered a ribozyme, a bona fide enzyme. From Wordnik.com. [How Water Protected Our Molecules | Universe Today] Reference
“If the new function evolved from the ribosome, why are there still ribosomes?”. From Wordnik.com. [On the evolution of Irreducible Complexity - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
The cell is already jammed packed with nanomachines like the ATP synthase and the ribosome. From Wordnik.com. [2006 March - Telic Thoughts] Reference
The tape player is like the ribosome, the tape is the mRNA and the movie is the protein product. From Wordnik.com. [Exploring the New RNA World] Reference
If you don't have time to watch the whole film, tune in at 3: 46 to watch the cavorting 30S ribosome orgy. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: May 14, 2006 - May 20, 2006 Archives] Reference
RNase P was part of the active center of the enzyme, by analogy to the then current picture of the ribosome. From Wordnik.com. [The RNA World] Reference
This year's three Laureates have all generated 3D models that show how different antibiotics bind to the ribosome. From Wordnik.com. [The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009 - Press Release] Reference
Each one of the twenty types of amino acids enters the ribosome linked to its own class of transfer RNA molecules. From Wordnik.com. [The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009 - Presentation Speech] Reference
The RNA, suitably edited, leaves the nucleus to combine with a ribosome and a tRNA, to form yet another holoenzyme. From Wordnik.com. [Attached to Strings] Reference
With the help of binding proteins, the signal peptide directs the ribosome to a channel in the endoplasmic reticulum. From Wordnik.com. [Physiology or Medicine for 1999 - Press Release] Reference
The ribosome is considered containing living fossils from the RNA world, as it builds proteins from RNA-RNA interaction. From Wordnik.com. [How Water Protected Our Molecules | Universe Today] Reference
The 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded for the detailed mapping of the ribosome the cell's own protein factory. From Wordnik.com. [The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009 - Illustrated Presentation] Reference
A better understanding of the ribosome could lead to new antibiotics, a third of which work by mucking up bacterial ribosomes. From Wordnik.com. [The New, Fast Gene Machine] Reference
But if it was, I'll say it again: The DNA code and the ribosome decoders have always co-existed as a system (so far as is known.). From Wordnik.com. [Attached to Strings] Reference
By analysing the pattern of the dots, researchers can determine the positions of the hundreds of thousands of atoms in the ribosome. From Wordnik.com. [The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009 - Illustrated Presentation] Reference
Woese selected one piece of RNA from the ribosome and began to painstakingly decipher the versions of it carried by a range of species. From Wordnik.com. [The Decline and Fall of the Animal Kingdom] Reference
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