Having solved the first crystal structure of a eukaryotic ribosome, scientists are now getting a new, more detailed look at the machinery that translates the genetic code into proteins in all living ...

A new study shows that eukaryotic ribosomes can be modified to respond to antibiotics in the same way that prokaryotic ribosomes do. According to researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago, the ...

The arrest peptides that function with the macrolide antibiotic erythromycin stall translating ribosomes in the presence of the antibiotic, leading to remodeling of the downstream mRNA and enhancement ...

Both prokaryotes and eukaryotes respond to the same RNA structure, initiating protein synthesis and thereby defying longstanding expectations. Prokaryotes and eukaryotes, it was long believed, relied ...

According to researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago, the antibiotics used to treat common bacterial infections, like pneumonia and sinusitis, may also be used to treat human diseases, like ...