1. facebook Ribosome is cruising around the cytoplasm happy to be a “free” ribosome WallPhotosMeSourcesRibosomeLogout View photos of Ribosome Send Ribosome a message Poke message Wall InfoPhotosBoxes Write something… Share Information Networks: Cell Birthday: 1963 Political: Neutral Religion: cellist Hometown: Nucleolus Friends CytoplasmERNucleolus Ribosome happy I was discovered in 1963 by Alexander Spirin. September 22, 2011 Ribosome My brother moved to the endoplasmic reticulum. September 22, 2011 Ribosome is cold making my two sub units shake the tRNA and the mRNA September 22, 2011 Ribosome me and the other thousand ribosomes are chilling after a hard days work in our cell making the cell wall and membrane better. September 23, 2011 Ribosome loves living in my new crib. The Cytoplasm!!!! September 21, 2011 Ribosome I’m sooooo tired of arranging the amino acids for the protein in my cell. September 21, 2011

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4. WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ME MADE OF: RNA Protein Two subunits FUNCTION: Protein Synthesis MISCELLANEOUS: Work benches where proteins are manufactured Free ribosomes are in cytoplasm Membrane bound ribosomes are in the Endoplasmic Reticulum RESOURCES USED: http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Gallery/Science/Structure/tn/ribosome_ao_small_st.jpg.html http://ribosomesfunction.com/ http://www.buzzle.com/articles/ribosomes-function.html http://www.google.com/imgres?q=cell+wall&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&tbm=isch&tbnid=hnpM3lBPk0 AIqM:&imgrefurl=http://www.eplantscience.com/botanical_biotechnology_biology_chemistry/im ages/Cell%2520Wall/image_file/&docid=QVpVpCKLO3UMAM&w=400&h=357&ei=EEt7Tt3JNd HMsQKa4O2fAw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=354&vpy=244&dur=1969&hovh=212&hovw=238&tx= 119&ty=111&page=10&tbnh=139&tbnw=156&start=209&ndsp=25&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:209&biw= 1280&bih=823 http://www.cs.stedwards.edu/chem/Chemistry/CHEM43/CHEM43/Ribosomes/Ribosome.HTML http://library.thinkquest.org/12413/structures.html http://www.iscid.org/encyclopedia/Ribosome