Definition of lackey - a servant, especially a liveried footman or manservant, a brownish European moth of woods and hedgerows, the caterpillars of which Definition of lackey - a servant, especially a liveried footman or manservant, a brownish European moth of woods and hedgerows, the caterpillars of which
The nucleolus is the nuclear subdomain that assembles ribosomal subunits in eukaryotic cells. The nucleolar organiser regions of chromosomes, which contain the genes for preâribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA), serve as the foundation for nucleolar structure.
Three of the rRNA molecules are synthesized in the nucleolus, and one is synthesized elsewhere. In the cytoplasm, ribosomal RNA and protein combine to form a nucleoprotein called a ribosome. The ribosome binds mRNA and carries out protein synthesis. Several ribosomes may be attached to a single mRNA at any time.