Protein synthesis. Computer artwork showing a ribosome (beige) moving along a strand of messenger RNA (mRNA) during protein synthesis. The ribosome co

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Protein synthesis. Computer artwork showing a ribosome (beige) moving along a strand of messenger RNA (mRNA) during protein synthesis. The ribosome consists of two subunits (30s and 50s) that surround the strand and move left to right, reading the mRNA and facilitating the binding of amino acids (coloured spheres) to each other to form a protein.

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