Imaging mRNA Right Where It Is Made -- at the Site of Translation (IMAGE)

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Imaging mRNA Right Where It Is Made -- at the Site of Translation

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Researchers use fluorescence probes to monitor increases in mRNA-ribosome interaction levels for a gene associated with iron storage in response to iron (right panels). Scale bar = 20 μm.

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