ribosomal
- adjective
- /ˌraɪbəˈsoʊməl/
- Specialized
- Mitchell's group detected ribosomal RNA specific to M. tuberculosis in splenic tissue of sarcoid patients.
- ribosomal RNA
- ribosomal genes
- ribosomal RNA sequence
Examples
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Apart from its abundance, there was another important reason for choosing to work with ribosomal RNA, says Woese.
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Nucleic acid hybridization studies indicated that ribosomal RNA has a relatively slow rate of mutation.
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Central to it all is the ribosomal RNA.
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OK, Now does anybody remember what the ribosomal RNAs are and do?
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Messenger RNA, ribosomal RNA, it does go on forever.
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"I love looking at ribosomal RNA sequence alignments," says Pace.
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The highly conserved nature of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) allows for the identification of rRNA genes from all terrestrial life forms.
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"The ribosomal RNA is so integrated with other components of the translational apparatus, particularly the ribosomal proteins and elongation factors, that if you change one, you've got to change so many other things that you're not likely to change at all," says Woese.
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The consequence was a way to relate organisms to one another that goes beyond the subjective," Pace explains, "Woese, in articulating the ribosomal RNA phylogenetic tree, put a measuring stick on the table whereby it was now possible to say how different two organisms are.
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The scientist studied the ribosomal structures to understand how proteins are synthesized.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ribosomal comes from the parts ribo- (from 'ribose', a sugar in RNA) and -some ('body', the same idea as in chromosome). So ribosomal means 'relating to the ribosome', the cell machine that uses RNA and the sugar ribose to build proteins.