• Question: What are ribosomes?

    Asked by you cant see me to Andy, Duane, Giovanna, Katie, Theresia on 15 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Duane Mellor

      Duane Mellor answered on 15 Nov 2014:

      These are made up of Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) and are the protein making factories in our cells

    • Photo: Giovanna Bermano

      Giovanna Bermano answered on 16 Nov 2014:

      They are small particles made of RNA and protein which are found in the cytoplasm of living cells….they help to translate the informations coded by the RNA into proteins which are the working block of cells

    • Photo: Andrew Philp

      Andrew Philp answered on 17 Nov 2014:

      Great question!!! We are studying how ribosomes are controlled in skeletal muscle in response to exercise at the moment as it happens 🙂 They are really important as that’s where all the cell activity takes place, with RNA being translated into functional proteins.

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