FastSaying

This last discovery illuminated the mechanism of protein synthesis: the protein chain is transferred in turn from one amino-acid-bearing transfer RNA to another as it grows, their order dictated by messenger RNA and ultimately by the genetic code on the DNA.

Walter Gilbert

Walter Gilbert

AcidChainDiscoveryIlluminatedMechanismOneProteinSynthesisTransferredTurn

Related Quotes

It's very fast. You turn on a G protein, and it immediately targets the mechanism to modify release.
— Simon Alford
FastImmediatelyMechanism
The gastric laboratory uses its protein ferment under an acid reaction.
— Ivan Pavlov
AcidLaboratoryProtein
We collect breast milk, and then we purify the protein and we add oleic acid to get one complex. It kills tumor cells, but not healthy cells.
— Jenny Pettersson
AcidAddBreast
Biology will relate every human gene to the genes of other animals and bacteria, to this great chain of being.
— Walter Gilbert
AnimalsBacteriaBeing
We transferred 1,095 embryos and got one dog, ... If I were an investor and someone came in and said we have a technique that works at 0.09%, I'd say that doesn't sound like a good investment.
— Gerald Schatten
DogEmbryosInvestor