In the beginning -- of the ribosome, the cell's protein-building workbench -- there were ribonucleic acids, the molecules we call RNA that today perform a host of vital functions in cells.

The ribosome was once considered a static “workbench” for the assembly of new proteins. A recent study by researchers at the Wadsworth Center in Albany, N.Y., using cryo-electron microscopy ...

In the beginning â?? of the ribosome, the cellâ??s protein-building workbench â?? there were ribonucleic acids, the molecules we call RNA that today perform a host of vital functions in cells. And ...

The manufacture of proteins by ribosomes involves complex interactions of diverse nucleic-acid and protein ligands. Single-molecule studies allow us, for the first time, to follow the synthesis of ...

Scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Northwestern University say they have engineered a tethered ribosome that works nearly as well as the authentic organelle that produces all ...

Here’s how it works. What looks like a jumble of rubber bands and twisty ties is the ribosome, the cellular protein factory. The ribosome is made up of proteins and strands of RNA, a chemical ...

Human cells contain ribosomes, a complex machine that produces proteins for the rest of the body. Now the researchers have come closer to understanding how the ribosome works. "It is amazing that ...

We then examined whether the ribosomes had changed, and indeed, we observed that they did,” said Lund. Their results may shed a light on the biological processes that are crucial for the ...

The cell creates mRNA, a copy of DNA, to assemble proteins. The mRNA is then read by a different molecule known as a ribosome ...

A team of international researchers led by Karolinska Institutet has revealed in unprecedented detail how tetracycline antibiotics impair T cell function by binding mitochondrial ribosomes and ...

During translation, multiple ribosomes travel along the nucleic acid chain to build polypeptides that become functional proteins. Occasionally, these molecular decoders pause on the mRNA, either ...

Reporting in Nature, scientists have now developed a new antibiotic that works by attaching to a structure in bacteria called a ribosome that generate proteins. The drug, iboxamycin, is in a new class ...