Model of a ribosome
- ID-nummer
- 2009.003.001
- Titel
- Model of a ribosome
- Objektkategori
- Vetenskapliga instrument, material & modeller
- Publik beskrivning
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The model is a simplified representation of a ribosome – one of many refined and complex structures found in our cells. A ribosome consists of hundreds of thousands of atoms. Mapping all of their positions in detail was generally considered impossible when Ada Yonath began her work. But it wasn't!
In this model, the red string represents an mRNA molecule, which transfers the genetic code to the ribosome. The blue string represents a protein produced by the ribosome.
Ada Yonath donated the model to the Nobel Prize Museum in 2009. - Location
- Permanent exhibition
- Pristagare
- Ada E. Yonath
- Provenance
- 562 Nobel Museum Temporary
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