to "barcode" ribosomal RNA (rRNA) inside living cells. By writing genetic information directly into the 16S rRNA—a molecule ...

This image highlights two alternatives for the ribosome to be recruited to an mRNA that is still being synthesized by RNA ... dominant in bacteria, RNAP (green) can interact with ribosomal protein ...

In bacterial cells, cold shock proteins (CSPs ... between the nascent peptide and amino acid residues in the ribosomal RNA, leading to a rearrangement in RF2, shifting it to an inactive conformation.