At one time or another, most of us have played with a flipbook, using our thumbs to rapidly flip a series of pictures to ...

A ribosome is an intercellular structure made of both RNA and protein, and it is the site of protein synthesis in the cell. The ribosome reads the messenger RNA (mRNA) sequence and translates that ...

The rRNA molecules fold into complex secondary and tertiary structures, forming domains and motifs that are essential for ribosome function. The rRNA structures also provide binding sites for ...

What have we learned about RNA structure and function so far ... these rRNA genes to be able to manufacture the large number of ribosomes required by a cell. Mature rRNAs are produced by cleavage ...

"We think the bacteria's ribosomes might be altering its structure just enough to prevent an antibiotic from binding effectively," says Anna Delgado-Tejedor, first author of the study and Ph.D ...

Scientists use a similar technique to study the ultrafast molecular processes inside cells. By piecing together high-resolution pictures of molecules at different time points, researchers can create a ...

A new study has determined that bacteria can alter their ribosomes when they are exposed to antibiotics, which can change the structure of targets used by antibacterial drugs; this mechanism may be a ...

The answer to this question lies in a series of complex mechanisms, most of which are associated with the cellular structure known as the ribosome. In order to understand these mechanisms ...

Bacteria are the best-understood prokaryotes, and because of their simple genetic structure, provided the team with the ideal host to analyze the mechanisms and machinery involved in the ribosome ...

“We think the bacteria's ribosomes might be altering its structure just enough to prevent an antibiotic from binding effectively,” says Anna Delgado-Tejedor, first author of the study and PhD ...