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Illustration of a ribosome translating mRNA code into protein
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Translation. The ribosome matches tRNAs (red, blue and bright green) to their complementary sequences in mRNA (multicolored strand below). Amino acids are transferred onto the emerging protein chain (yellow).
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Medical Research Council Lab of Molecular Biology, all rights reserved by Wellcome Images.
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Translation. The ribosome matches tRNAs (red, blue and bright green) to their complementary sequences in mRNA (multicolored strand below). Amino acids are transferred onto the emerging protein chain (yellow).
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Illustration of a ribosome translating mRNA code into protein