- 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: WATSON, J.D., BAKER, T.A., BELL, S.P., GANN, A., LEVINE, M. and LOSICK, R. (2004) Molecular Biology of the Gene, 5th Ed., Pearson: San Francisco (p. 32)
- Definition: WATSON, J.D., BAKER, T.A., BELL, S.P., GANN, A., LEVINE, M. and LOSICK, R. (2004) Molecular Biology of the Gene, 5th Ed., Pearson: San Francisco (p. 32)
- Context: EMERY, A.E.H. y MUELLER, R.F. (1992) Elements of Medical Genetics, Churchill Livingstone: New York. 8th Edition (p. 17).
- Expression: KREBS, J., GOLDSTEIN, E.S. and KILPATRICK, S.T. (2011) Lewin’s Genes X, Jones & Bartlett Publishers: Mississauga-London. (p. 671 / 689)
- Images:
National Human Genome Research Institute, Digital Media Database:
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