RpoB is involved in translating DNA into RNA. Both, like the genes for ribosomal RNA, are old and ubiquitous.

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Ribosomes are a key target for antibiotics, as antibiotics are able to attack the ribosomal activity of harmful bacteria while leaving human ribosomes untouched.

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The process which the viruses employ is known as ribosomal frameshifting.

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After a false start pursuing what are known as ribosomal RNA genes which are involved in protein synthesis and are believed by some people to be the genetic core around which the rest of life accreted he lighted on two genes called RecA and RpoB.

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