Ribosome

Rotaxane mimics ribosome to spin out peptides

Rotaxane mimics ribosome to spin out peptides

10 January 2013 Laura Howes   The field of molecular machines has taken a new bio-inspired turn to assemble another molecule, in this case linking up individual amino acids into a peptide. While this molecular peptide synthesiser isn’t going to rival a ribosome for speed any time soon, it does suggest a way to make multicomponent [...]

DNA Transcription and Protein Assembly

DNA Transcription and Protein Assembly

This animation shows how the cell takes DNA information and creates proteins for use in the body.

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