Ribosomes, the cell’s protein factories, have been tough targets for researchers aiming to see them close up. Now, for the first time on the atomic scale, scientists know what most of the ribosome looks like.
The large ribosomal subunit shows RNA (gray), proteins (gold), and a molecule in the active site (green at center).
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