How does a cell know when it’s been damaged? A molecular alarm, set off by mutated RNA and colliding ribosomes, signals ...

Scientists at UCL have discovered a novel role played by ribosomes during the folding of new proteins in cells, described in ...

The protein factories of our cells are much more diverse than we thought they were. Scientists from the Netherlands Cancer ...

Ribosomes are the sites in a cell in which protein synthesis takes place. Cells have many ribosomes, and the exact number depends on how active a particular cell is in synthesizing proteins.

Synthetic biology researchers at Northwestern University say they have developed a system that can rapidly create cell-free ribosomes in a test tube, then select the ribosome that can perform a ...

Proteins are the infinitely varied chemicals that make cells work, and science has a pretty good idea how they are made. But ...

A type of scaffolding on which specialized workers ply their trade helps in the manufacturing process of the two subunits from which the ribosome -- the protein factory of the cell -- originates ...

Cell biology: How ribosomes override their blockades Date: May 14, 2012 Source: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Summary: Ribosomes are “protein factories” in the cells of all living ...

New research is challenging a long-held assumption in molecular biology, and it may also help explain some confounding disorders. Publishing in Molecular Cell, scientists led by Maria Barna at ...