New images of ribosomes

The workings of a tiny molecular machine crucial to all forms of life are emerging from highly detailed new images published this week. They show the structure of the ribosome, a complex particle one millionth of an inch in diameter, in sufficient detail for researchers to begin to understand how it works.

National Institutes of Health, Agouron Institute, Keck Foundation

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Tim Stephens
stephens@cats.ucsc.edu
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University of California, Santa Cruz

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