Associations to the word «Ribosome»

Wiktionary

RIBOSOME, noun. (biology) Small organelles found in all cells; involved in the production of proteins by translating messenger RNA.

Dictionary definition

RIBOSOME, noun. 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; "the ribosome is the site of protein synthesis".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King