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Ribosomal Car Factory
a: Ribosome ~
b: Car Factory
What: "It uses its instructions, the gene, to produce a sports car or a tractor. The product of the ribosome however is a protein. Now each of the proteins is a long chain made up of 20 types of building blocks. The sequence of the building blocks dictates how the product will look."
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Writer: Ada Yonath
LCC:
Where:
Date: Oct 18 2011 10:58 AM
# 1428 Critique Analogy
Ribosomes As Students In A Class Room
a: Ribosome ~
b: students in a class room
What: "In my opinion I believe that attached ribosomes are like students in a class room , and free ribosomes are like students in the hallways."
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Writer: Nicole Eggles
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Nov 27 2011 4:30 PM
# 1526 Critique Analogy
Ribosome As A Book Publisher
a: Ribosome ~
b: a book publisher
What: I've seen all kinds of cell analogies on the web. There are some good and some not so good, even bad. Here's what popped into my head. A ribosome is like a book publisher. A book publisher brings many elements together to create a whole, that is a book. The ingredients for a book, are the content, the paper and the binding. These pieces are put together with a variety of machines like a printing press and collation devices. Likewise, a ribosome puts together many elements from a cell, mRNA, and amino acids to form a protein.
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Writer: Not Stated
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Nov 27 2011 4:40 PM
# 1528 Critique Analogy
Ribosome As Railroad Switching Yard
a: Ribosome ~
b: railroad switching yard
What: Trains, freight and passenger, are made up of individual cars linked together to form a unified whole which transports goods and people. Polymers, in this case, bio-polymers, such as mRNA and protein, are molecules made of smaller monomer units. In the case of proteins, the monomer units are amino acids. In the case of mRNA the monomer units are ribonucleic acids. The monomers units are like individual trains cars that can be linked up to form a working whole. A rail switching yard is a place where many tracks and trains can come together in an ordered way so that they can be hooked together as a functioning trains. A ribosome is a location in a cell where individual elements come together to a make a functioning whole. So when thinking of a ribosome, try to visualize a rail yard which many individual cars coming together in an
ordered way to create a train.
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Writer: mattyflynn
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Nov 27 2011 4:55 PM
# 1529 Critique Analogy
Ribosome
a: Ribosome ~
b: are like a haystack in a needle because they are hard to see!
What:
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Writer: hUCK
LCC: A
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Jan 21 2014 5:14 PM
# 4750 Critique Analogy
Ribosomes
a: Ribosome ~
b: Ladder
What:
Ribosomes are like ladders because they connect together to create proteins.
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Writer: RT
LCC: QH
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Dec 4 2014 9:51 PM
# 6593 Critique Analogy
a: ribosome ~
b: skillet of translation
What:
"Anyway, you can think of the ribosome as sort of the 'skillet' of translation; it's the place where all the action happens. The ribosome serves as a central hub where all of the ingredients are combined by the cell's machinery. So if the ribosome is the skillet, and mRNA is the recipe, then what exactly are the ingredients?"
The rest in the link...
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Writer: April Koch
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Date: Dec 17 2014 2:16 PM
# 6803 Critique Analogy
Ribosome
a: ribosome ~
b: lunch lady
What:
A ribosome is like a lunch lady because she makes protein for the kids to eat.
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Writer:
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Oct 22 2015 6:35 PM
# 9055 Critique Analogy
a: ribosome ~
b: machine
What:
"a machine that does jigsaw puzzles, placing pieces where they fit to build a larger unit."
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Writer: Suzanne (Zanbabe) Benner
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Date: Jul 23 2017 11:04 AM
# 11327 Critique Analogy
Ribosome
a: A ribosome ~
b: A vice combined with a welding torch
What: A ribosome provides a location within a cell with the spacial orientation to facilitate the conversion of individual amino acids into peptides. The correct peptide sequence is derived from mRNA. The energy for the addition of each amino acid is contained in an activated peptide attached to a tRNA molecule. The large scale mechanical analogy of this would be a vice holding pieces of pipe together so that they can be fused together with a welding torch.
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Writer: mattyflynn
LCC: QP
Where:
Date: Jul 20 2010 6:28 AM
# 520 Critique Analogy
The Ribsome Construction Site
a: The ribosome ~
b: construction site
What: "I usually compare protein biosynthesis to the construction of a
building. The mRNA contains information comparable to the
plan of a building while the ribosome is like the construction site.
The amino acids are the equivalents of blocks used for the
building while the tRNAs are like the workmen bringing up
these amino acids for the construction"
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Writer: Godwin I Adoga
LCC: QP
Where:
Date: Oct 18 2011 10:52 AM
# 1427 Critique Analogy
METAMIA is a free database of analogy and metaphor. Anyone can contribute or search. The subject matter can be anything. Science is popular, but poetry is encouraged. The goal is to integrate our fluid muses with the stark literalism of a relational database. Metamia is like a girdle for your muses, a cognitive girdle.