INFORMATIONAL RNA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The template for protein synthesis; the form of RNA that carries information from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome sites of protein synthesis in the cell

Synonyms:

informational RNA; messenger RNA; mRNA; template RNA

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("informational RNA" is a kind of...):

ribonucleic acid; RNA ((biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell)

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