Having solved the first crystal structure of a eukaryotic ribosome, scientists are now getting a new, more detailed look at the machinery that translates the genetic code into proteins in all living ...

Scientists have evidenced, at the atomic scale, the three-dimensional structure of the complete human ribosome and the detailed interactions that occur within it. These findings open the way to ...

Figure 2: Electron density maps of the 30S, 50S and 70S ribosomal particles. Although high quality diffracting crystals of the ribosome have been available for a number of years 5,6, the technical ...

Researchers have deciphered the structure of part of the ribosome found in mitochondria, the power plants of the cell. The scientists were able to benefit from advancements in the field of electron ...

The results were published in Nucleic Acids Research. This paper was announced as the best of May 2017 by FSBMB. Bacterial ribosome is a macromolecular complex containing 3 RNA molecules and about 50 ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The translational apparatus ribosome is in the limelight these days with the announcement of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The three ...

In the 1940s, scientists at the recently established National Cancer Institute were trying to breed mice that could inform our understanding of cancer, either because they predictably developed ...

Thomas A. Steitz, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale and one of three winners of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, died Oct. 9 at his home in Stony Creek after a ...

The ribosome selects a correct transfer RNA (tRNA) for each amino acid added to the polypeptide chain, as directed by messenger RNA. Aminoacyl-tRNA is delivered to the ribosome by elongation factor Tu ...

Most people carry the fungus Candida albicans on their bodies, without this causing many problems. However, a systemic infection with this fungus is dangerous and difficult to treat. Few ...