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Nature Chemistry (9 October 2009) | doi:10.1038/nchem.438

Nobel Prize 2009: Revealing the ribosome

Stuart Cantrill

The genetic information coded into the nucleobase sequence of DNA serves as a blueprint for the production of the many different proteins found in the cell. The path from DNA to protein is not a direct one, however, and involves an intermediate — messenger RNA (mRNA).