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Definitions of
'ribosome'
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1.
(noun)
ribosome
an
organelle
in the
cytoplasm
of a
living
cell; they attach to
mRNA
and
move
down
it one
codon
at a
time
and
then
stop
until
tRNA
brings the required
amino
acid; when it reaches a
stop
codon
it
falls
apart and releases the completed
protein
molecule
for use by the
cell
"the ribosome is the site of protein synthesis"
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