A single mRNA strand is attached to sevaral ribosomes?

[AllenHe]

My book says that ' several ribosomes work on the same mRNA strand at the same time.'
Does this mean that a single mRNA strand is attached to sevaral ribosomes?

 

[bobze]

Rather several ribosomes are attached to an mRNA strand: polysomes

 

[atyy]

Here's a picture: http://bass.bio.uci.edu/~hudel/bs99a/lecture23/lecture4_2.html

 

[AllenHe]

oh I get it. thanks