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Related Terms:
transcription
synthesis
ribonomics
bridged nucleic acid
glycol nucleic acid
rna virus
threose nucleic acid
deoxyribonucleic acid
genetic
ribonucleate
thymine
ribose nucleic acid
ribosomal rna
uracil
nucleic acid
ribonucleic
deoxyribose
ribonuclease
unlocked nucleic acid
replicase
locked nucleic acid
dna
derivative
ribose
peptide nucleic acid
ribosomal ribonucleic acid
function
rna
protein
material
Definitions:
Noun
ribonucleic acid
RNA
Definition: (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; "ribonucleic acid is the genetic material of some viruses"
Definition: A derivative of DNA having ribose in place of deoxyribose, and uracil in place of thymine; its primary function is in the transcription of genetic material and subsequent synthesis of protein.