Ribosome: A Complex with Proteins Having Different Degradation Kinetics (IMAGE)

Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association

Ribosome: A Complex with Proteins Having Different Degradation Kinetics

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The ribosome is a complex of RNA (yellow) and numerous proteins. The protein with the unusual characteristics is colored in red; normal, exponentially degraded proteins are colored in blue. Grey proteins could not be categorized.

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Rendering: Henrik Zauber, MDC.

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