Although the importance of cell growth for cell-cycle progression has been recognized for thirty years, the molecular basis of this relationship is poorly understood. However, researchers have ...

Proteins are the infinitely varied chemicals that make cells work, and science has a pretty good idea how they are made. But ...

Ribosomes are tiny molecular machines inside all living cells that build proteins, and ribosome biogenesis is the complex, ...

Ribosomes are tiny molecular machines inside all living cells that build proteins, and ribosome biogenesis is the complex, ...

When ribosomes go rogue Unusual variations in the cellular protein factory can skew development, help cancer spread, and more. But ribosome variety may also play biological roles, scientists say.

More information: Julian O. Streit et al, The ribosome lowers the entropic penalty of protein folding, Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07784-4 Provided by University College London ...

University of Virginia scientists discover new cell organelle called "hemifusome" that helps manage cellular recycling.

Based on several lines of interesting data, the authors conclude that FMRP, though associated with stalled ribosomes, does not determine the position on the mRNAs at which ribosomes stall. Although ...

In an article published today in Nature, the team of Professor Denis Lafontaine (Head of the RNA Molecular Biology Laboratory ...

To build proteins, the cell makes a copy of DNA, called mRNA. Then, another molecule called a ribosome reads the mRNA, translating it into protein.

A new study reveals that blocking ribosomal RNA production rewires cancer cell behavior and could help treat genetically ...

Proteins are the infinitely varied chemicals that make cells work, and science has a pretty good idea how they are made. But a critical aspect ...