Single-molecule studies allow biological processes to be examined one molecule at a time, as they occur. Here, Uemura et al. have utilized single-molecule approaches with a recently developed ...

Researchers have developed a new microscopy technique to observe how ribosomes function in cells. With this method, they can monitor individual ribosomes as they convert mRNA into proteins. The ...

Production of the cell's translational apparatus, the ribosome, requires the orchestrated function of hundreds of proteins. A structure of its earliest precursor yields unprecedented insight into ...

Researchers used a combination of structural biology approaches to better understand how ribosomes work.

The scientists were surprised by what they found. "We noticed that the most common resistance mechanism via methylation of the ribosome does not work against this new drug because it still binds to ...

Scientists from the Netherlands Cancer Institute have now shown that cancer cells can use these ribosomes to boost their invisibility cloak, helping them hide from the immune system.

Ada Yonath, Thomas Steitz and Venkatraman Ramakrishnan will share the prize for unmasking the structure of the ribosome.

Ribosomes are the target of 50 percent of antibiotics. To eliminate side effects and improve efficacy, researchers must understand how antibiotics interact with human ribosomes in addition to ...

Scientists at UCL have discovered a novel role played by ribosomes during the folding of new proteins in cells, described in their paper in Nature.

Scientists discovered a role played by ribosomes during the folding of new proteins in cells.