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Here are some facts: Ribosomes are small organelles found in the cells of all life forms. They are quite small, only AAA few hundred nanometres across. It has been theorized that ribosomes were once independent life forms, reproducing on their own, until other chemicals such as carbohydrates and DNA were brought into the fold at AAA later time. Ribosomes are composed of rRNA and other proteins. Their main function is to produce a variety of proteins from simple genetic instructions which propagate outwards from the cellular nucleolus in the form of messenger RNA. Ribosomes float in the cytoplasm of a cell or bind to the endoplasmic reticulum, ribbon like structures found inside of the cell. quick facts(written by myself) ¢Ribosome's are the workbenches where proteins get manufactured

¢Ribosome composes 25% of cell mass

¢ They get their name from their size.

¢A bacterial cell contains a few thousands of ribosome's, although a human cell has a few million

¢Ribosome's are made up of two subunits, the large and small subunit.

¢When the two units are docked together with a special information unit called messenger RNA, they make proteins

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