Researchers from the Tanenbaum group at the Hubrecht Institute have developed a new microscopy technique to observe how ...

Researchers have developed a new microscopy technique to observe how ribosomes function in cells. With this method, they can monitor individual ribosomes as they convert mRNA into proteins. The ...

Figure 1: The path of the nascent chain through the ribosomal exit tunnel. The peptide exit tunnel is not a passive environment for the passage of nascent polypeptides but provides structural features ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Northwestern University have engineered a tethered ribosome that works nearly as well as the authentic cellular component, or ...

Aging leads to a decline in cellular fitness and loss of optimal protein function. Many age-related ailments, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, are caused by protein aggregation, a ...

Historically, the ribosome has been viewed as a constitutive molecular machine with little regulatory capacity in mRNA translation. However, recent findings suggest that ribosome composition and ...

These spots are socRNAs being translated by ribosomes in a cell. They get brighter over time, showing active translation. The complex, which includes the socRNA and ribosome, is attached to the plasma ...