1. Flow of Genetic Information:

2. Translation  Initiation Recruitment of mRNA to the ribosome  Elongation Synthesis of nacent polypeptide  Termination Release of polypeptide from the ribosome AAAAA n 7 mG n AAAAA 7 mG n AAAAA

3. Translation: The Players Messenger RNA (mRNA)

4. Translation: The Players *Ribosome Structure Transfer RNA (tRNA)

5. The Genetic Code:

6. Amnioacyl tRNA Synthetases tRNA charging

7. Translation: The Players The Ribosome

8. 16S rRNA Secondary Structure

9. The Ribosome

10. Physical Location of tRNAs during Translation

11. Polysomes