Molecule of the Month November 2018 |
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Is Small the New Large? | ||
Ribosomes are among the most important molecular machines in a cell. They consist of RNA and protein building blocks that hardly changed during evolution. Mitochondria are the "power plants of the cell". These organelles are present in each eukaryotic cell and contain their own "mitoribosomes".
This work was carried out in collaboration between the Ban lab (ETHZ) and the Schneider lab (UniBe) in the context of the SNF NCCR "RNA and Disease". References:
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