19. Why do ribosomes move
along mRNA during
translation?

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During translation the always
exposes two codons to be
by moving along mRNA.
When a bond is made
ribosome moves to the next
codon. moving is called
translocation. (In the
endoplasmic reticulum ribosomes
attached outside the and
mRNA molecules moving through
them).