KEY TERMS

translation

ribosome

aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase

codon

transfer RNA (tRNA)

anticodon

wobble hypothesis

30S subunit

50S subunit

Shine–Dalgarno sequence

initiation factor

elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu)

accommodation

elongation factor Ts (EF-Ts)

peptidyl transferase center

elongation factor G (EF-G) (translocase)

polysome

release factor (RF)

signal sequence

signal peptidase

signal-recognition particle (SRP)

SRP receptor (SR)

translocon

transport vesicle

coat proteins

v-SNARE

t-SNARE