polysome

American

[pol-ee-sohm] / ˈpɒl iˌsoʊm /

noun

Biology.

a complex of ribosomes strung along a single strand of messenger RNA that translates the genetic information coded in the messenger RNA during protein synthesis.

polysome British

/ ˈpɒlɪˌsəʊm /

noun

another name for polyribosome

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Etymology

Origin of polysome

First recorded in 1960–65; poly- + (ribo)some

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T.L. and A.I.L. generated and analysed polysome data.

From Nature

Polysome fractionation and analysis of mammalian translatomes on a genome-wide scale.

From Nature

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