As a means of presenting examples of the use of the colors red, black, and green in African American culture, this post includes a sound file of The Kwanzaa Song by Teddy Pendergrass is included in this post. For historical purposes, this post also includes a sound file of and lyrics to the 1900 song Every Race Has A Flag But The Coon.
Translation occurs in a structure called the ribosome, which is a factory for the synthesis of proteins. The ribosome has a small and a large subunit and is a complex molecule composed of several ribosomal RNA molecules and a number of proteins. Translation of an mRNA molecule by the ribosome occurs in three stages: initiation, elongation, and termination. During initiation, the small ribosomal subunit binds to the start of the mRNA sequence.
Diagram showing the translation of mRNA and the synthesis of proteins by a ribosome. In molecular biology and genetics, translation is the process in which cellular ribosomes create proteins. In translation, messenger RNA (mRNA)âproduced by transcription from DNAâis decoded by a ribosome to produce a specific amino acid chain, or polypeptide. The polypeptide later folds into an active protein and performs its functions in the cell.