ribosomal RNA
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ribosomal RNA (plural ribosomal RNAs)
the structural backbone of ribosomes, which is composed of RNA (ribonucleic acid)
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In the cytoplasm, ribosomal RNA and protein combine to form a nucleoprotein called a ribosome.
In some cases, these products fold into structures which are involved in critical cell functions (e.g. ribosomal RNA and transfer RNA ).
It was found to be a circular DNA molecule 4.6 million base pairs in length, containing 4288 annotated protein-coding genes (organized into 2584 operons ), seven ribosomal RNA (rRNA) operons, and 86 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes.
The three universal types of RNA include transfer RNA (tRNA), messenger RNA (mRNA), and ribosomal RNA (rRNA).
This process uses transfer RNA (tRNA) molecules to deliver amino acids to the ribosome, where ribosomal RNA (rRNA) then links amino acids together to form proteins.
Resistance The primary means of bacterial resistance to macrolides occurs by post-transcriptional methylation of the 23S bacterial ribosomal RNA.