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Ribosome

Cytoplasmic granule, involved in the synthesis of proteins. It mostly consists of RNA (ribosomal RNA)

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Ribosomal Database Project: The Ribosomal Database Project (RDP) provides ribosome related data services to the scientific community, including online data analysis, rRNA derived phylogenetic trees, and aligned and annotated rRNA sequences
Spanish Omelette: analogy to fundamental dogma: The following is a good way to show the relationships among cell, nucleus, genes, chromosome, ribosome, replication, mitosis, transcription, translation, DNA, RNA, amino acids and proteins, genotype, phenotype, and genetic vs. environmental causes of cell defects.

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