ribonucleic acid, n.
(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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RNA ribonucleic acid
sample sentences
"ribonucleic acid is the genetic material of some viruses"
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messenger RNA, mRNA, template RNA, informational RNA
nuclear RNA, nRNA
transfer RNA, tRNA, acceptor RNA, soluble RNA
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