Protein synthesis refers to the process by which cells construct proteins. It's a fundamental cellular mechanism for all ...

The central dogma of gene expression (DNA to RNA to protein) is universal, but in different domains of life there are fundamental mechanistic differences within this pathway. For example, the ...

A new study shows that eukaryotic ribosomes can be modified to respond to antibiotics in the same way that prokaryotic ribosomes do. According to researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago, the ...

Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital report that human ribosomes decode messenger RNA (mRNA) 10 times slower than bacterial ribosomes, but do so more accurately. The study “mRNA ...

Also, as the prokaryotic cell lacks a clearly defined nucleus and both transcription and translation takes place in the cytoplasm, there is no need to transport the mRNA to the cytoplasm after ...