Science glossary film: Ribosomes

The structures inside cells that synthesize proteins. Ribosomes are found in the cytoplasm of the cell, outside the nucleus. They use sequences copied from the cell's DNA to join amino acids together in the precise order needed to make proteins.

Ribosomes are found in the cytoplasm of the cell, outside the nucleus. They use sequences copied from the cell's DNA to join amino acids together in the precise order needed to make proteins.