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  • Institution/s: Universidad de Alicante, Universidad de Saarbrücken, Universidad de Valladolid, Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
  • Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
  • Identification number: 105
  • Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
  • Author/s: Diana MOŢOC, Héctor BOLORINOS RUIZ, Rosario HERRERO, Verónica ARNÁIZ UZQUIZA
  • Creation / modification date: 01-02-2014
  • Term: ribosome
  • Gramatical category: s
  • Definition: Small RNA-containing particle in the cytoplasm of all cells actively engaged in protein synthesis.
  • Context: The ribosome moves along the messenger-RNA in a zipper-like fashion, the amino acids linking up to form a polypeptide chain. When the completed polypeptide chain is released, the ribosome reattaches itself to a new starting point to a messenger-RNA.
  • Expression: Ribosome-binding sites, ribosome recycling factor (RRF).
  • Weighting mark: nor
  • Sources:
    • Term: PASSARGE, Eberhard (2004). Taschenatlas der Genetik. 2., vollst. überarb. u. erw. Aufl. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag, 421.
    • Definition: PASSARGE, Eberhard (2004). Taschenatlas der Genetik. 2., vollst. überarb. u. erw. Aufl. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag, 421.
    • Context: BUSELMAIER, Werner (2012). Biologie für Mediziner. 12. neubearbeitete und erweiterte Aufl. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 26.
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