ribosome
A small organelle found in all cellsA small organelle found in all cells; involved in the production of proteins by translating messenger RNA.
» While the genome of a eukaryotic cell is nuclear, the ribosomes are cytosolic.
Meaning
1 sensesA small organelle found in all cells; involved in the production of proteins by translating messenger RNA.
Ribosom
рибосо́маribosóma
рибосо́маrybosóma
- an organelle in the cytoplasm of a living cell; they attach to mRNA and move down it one codon at a time and then stop until tRNA brings the required amino acid; when it reaches a stop codon it falls apart and releases the completed protein molecule for use by the cell
Examples
4 sentencesWhile the genome of a eukaryotic cell is nuclear, the ribosomes are cytosolic.
Ribosomes are the organelles responsible for protein synthesis.
Ribosomes, whose function is protein synthesis, are abundant structures in prokaryotic cells.
Ribosomes and the plasma membrane are common structures in eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells.
ruРибосомы и плазматическая мембрана - часто встречающиеся структуры в клетках эукариотов и прокариотов.
Translations
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Origin
From ribo- + -some.From ribo- + -some.
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