Combined Science GCSE
Ribosomes
What Ribosomes means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Small structures found in the cytoplasm of animal, plant and bacterial cells where protein synthesis takes place.
Required for protein synthesis, and their number increases in preparation for division.
Topics that use Ribosomes
- Animal and plant cells (AQA GCSE)
- Mitosis and the cell cycle (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Mitochondria
- Aerobic respiration
- Cell cycle stages
- Cell growth and DNA replication
- Cell membrane
- Cell structure and function
- Cell wall
- Chloroplasts
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