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messenger RNA en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) RNA that encodes and carries information from DNA during transcription to sites of protein synthesis to undergo translation in order to yield a protein.
   • In the past, RNA did not get this kind of respect. The central dogma of biology has been that DNA makes messenger RNA, messenger RNA makes proteins, and proteins do everything else that needs to be done in a living cell. 2006 June 20, Nicholas Wade, “DNA or RNA? Versatile Player Takes a Leading Role in Molecular Research”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Forms

Coordinates

transfer RNA

Synonyms

mRNA

Translations (18)

ka მატრიცული რიბონუკლეინის მჟავა (information carrying RNA) · ka მატრიცული რნმ (information carrying RNA) · de Boten-RNA (information carrying RNA) · ka ინფორმაციული რიბონუკლეინის მჟავა (information carrying RNA) · cmn 信使核糖核酸 (information carrying RNA) · ka ინფორმაციული რნმ (information carrying RNA) · de Boten-RNS (information carrying RNA) · es ARN mensajero (information carrying RNA) · el αγγελιοφόρο RNA (information carrying RNA) · fi lähetti-rna (information carrying RNA) · de messenger-RNA (information carrying RNA) · pl mRNA (information carrying RNA) · hu hírvivő RNS (information carrying RNA) · it RNA messaggero (information carrying RNA) · ja 伝令RNA (information carrying RNA) · ca ARN missatger (information carrying RNA) · sv budbärar-RNA (information carrying RNA) · fr ARN messager (information carrying RNA)