rRNA plays a critical role in the assembly and maturation of ribosomes. The process of ribosome biogenesis involves the transcription of rRNA precursors, their processing and modification, and the ...

Ribosomes getting stuck The team also made an important discovery about ribosome collisions—where one ribosome runs into another due to a tricky RNA segment or differences in speed, for example ...

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.

Right open reading frame kinase 2 (RIOK2) plays an essential role in ribosome assembly and cell growth, survival and stress responses. Research has linked RIOK2 to tumor progression and poor prognosis ...

A study reveals why this assembly often begins during the very ... They are produced by the ribosome, a cellular ''machine'' that reads the instructions contained in messenger RNAs.

"Ribosomes are very large macromolecular machines that very rapidly and precisely decode mRNA into protein. For a long time, they've been viewed as kind of 'dumb code-reading machines' that don't ...