Within a cell, DNA carries the genetic code for building proteins. To build proteins, the cell makes a copy of DNA, called ...

Roberts in 1958. Subsequent studies by James Watson, Francis Crick, and others revealed the central role of ribosomes in protein synthesis, laying the foundation for our current understanding of these ...

Insights into protein synthesis processes in prokaryotes and eukaryotes are crucial for advancements in genetics, ...

Advanced microscopy techniques have revealed how ribosomes recruit to mRNA while it's being transcribed, potentially enabling ...

A newly developed luciferase-based reporter can detect problems in protein translocation and disulfide bond formation in the ...

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. Ribosomes, the cell's dedicated molecular ...

Protein synthesis in eukaryotic cells--found in plants, animals, and fungi--involves more than just the straightforward ...

The large subunit rRNA, in particular, is responsible for the peptidyl transferase reaction, which catalyzes the formation of peptide bonds between amino acids during protein synthesis. This discovery ...

An international research collaboration has shed new light on the molecular basis of gene expression, the fundamental ...

This important study by Bi and colleagues employed a clever genetics screen to uncover the role of the GidB rRNA methylase in translation fidelity, under certain conditions, in Mycobacterium smegmatis ...