ribosome

IPA: rˈɪbʌsoʊm

(biology, cytology) A small organelle found in all cells; involved in the production of proteins by translating messenger RNA.

Examples of "ribosome" in Sentences

In all, a ribosome is built from hundreds of thousands of atoms.
[AY] The ribosome is so important that it is a target for many antibiotics.
This provides the most direct evidence yet that the ribosome is indeed a ribozyme, an RNA catalyst.
As the target of 50% of known antibiotics, the bacterial ribosome is a structure of major therapeutic importance.
The ribosome is an unusual catalyst, composed of three RNA molecules (four in some species) as well as dozens of proteins.
The ribosome is a machine that gets instructions from the genetic code and operates chemically in order to produce the product.
The active site consists of RNA (white strands), not protein (orange), supporting the conclusion that the ribosome is a ribozyme.
PacBio's machine has also allowed Stanford researchers to watch the structure in cells, called a ribosome, which makes proteins from DNA code.
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
Harvard scientists have created a biological machine in the lab that manufactures proteins, mimicking the activity of a cellular structure, called a ribosome, that is critical for life.