During transcription, this molecule encodes and carries information from genes to sites of protein synthesis.

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He said dietary intake of carbohydrate and protein is known to promote muscle protein synthesis, he said.

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Ricin interferes with the process of protein synthesis, eventually leading to cell death.

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The ribosome is the structure within the cell where protein synthesis takes place.

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Besides the genes that relate to protein synthesis it has others which encode DNA repair mechanisms and still others which are involved with protein recycling and signalling within cells.

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