Acid is a helluva drug
So in 1971 a chemistry teacher with the help of students at Stanford University decided to make a video explaining RNA translation and protein synthesis using their students. Skip to the 3 minute mark for 60's music, interpretive dance and possibly what if Lewis Carroll decided to write poetry about ribosomes.
Twas brillig, and the slithy 30S ribosome
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy was mRNA,
That colored message unit array.
Bound they were in the glorious sun,
By initiator factor one.
Initiator factor two went searching for tRNA,
Who bore the flaccid amino acid.
Then, as the uffish bonds were formed,
The 50S ribosome untamed
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood
And burbled as it came!
I don't even know...
Watch the entire thing as it just manages to get weirder and weirder.
Click to viewTwas brillig, and the slithy 30S ribosome
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy was mRNA,
That colored message unit array.
Bound they were in the glorious sun,
By initiator factor one.
Initiator factor two went searching for tRNA,
Who bore the flaccid amino acid.
Then, as the uffish bonds were formed,
The 50S ribosome untamed
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood
And burbled as it came!
I don't even know...
Watch the entire thing as it just manages to get weirder and weirder.