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 ribosomes in a cell's cytoplasm create proteins, following transcription of DNA to RNA in the cell's nucleus.
Clinically, the xiphoid process plays an important role as a bony anatomical landmark in the trunk and may be damaged by improperly administered CPR. The xiphoid process is located inferior to the body of the sternum.he xiphoid process is the smallest and most inferior region of the sternum, or breastbone.
1 Sometimes the pain and tenderness in xiphoid area may be due to problems related to heart, gallbladder and bone diseases. 2  Therefore it is necessary to distinguish between symptoms of pain and tenderness in the xiphoid area due to other diseases and that of swollen xiphoid process. A direct injury to chest and particularly a blow on the xiphoid process can cause swelling of xiphoid process. 2  As a result the xiphoid process becomes tender and painful. 3  The condition is often called xiphodynia.