informational ribonucleic acid

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• ribonucleic acid — A macromolecule consisting of ribonucleoside residues connected by phosphate from the 3′ hydroxyl of one to the 5′ hydroxyl of the next nucleoside. RNA is found in all cells, in both nuclei and cytoplasm and in particulate and nonparticulate form …   Medical dictionary

• informational RNA — noun 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 • Syn: ↑messenger RNA, ↑mRNA, ↑template RNA • Hypernyms: ↑ribonucleic acid, ↑RNA …   Useful english dictionary

• iRNA — immune ribonucleic acid; informational ribonucleic acid …   Medical dictionary

• iRNA — • immune ribonucleic acid; • informational ribonucleic acid …   Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations

• RNA — (= ribonucleic acid) This molecular species has an informational role, a structural role and an enzymic role and is thus used in a more versatile way than either DNA or proteins. Considered by many to be the earliest macromolecule of living… …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• evolution — evolutional, adj. evolutionally, adv. /ev euh looh sheuhn/ or, esp. Brit., /ee veuh /, n. 1. any process of formation or growth; development: the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane. 2. a product of such development; something… …   Universalium

• Adaptor hypothesis — The adaptor hypothesis is part of a scheme to explain how information encoded in DNA is used to specify the amino acid sequence of proteins. It was formulated by Francis Crick in the mid 1950s, together with the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology …   Wikipedia

• Ribozyme — A ribozyme (from ribonucleic acid enzyme, also called RNA enzyme or catalytic RNA) is an RNA molecule that catalyzes a chemical reaction. Many natural ribozymes catalyze either the hydrolysis of one of their own phosphodiester bonds, or the… …   Wikipedia

• nucleic acids — Linear polymers of nucleotides, linked by 3 ,5 phosphodiester linkages. In DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid, the sugar group is deoxyribose, and the bases of the nucleotides adenine, guanine, thymine and cytosine. RNA, ribonucleic acid, has ribose as… …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• messenger RNA — noun 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 • Syn: ↑mRNA, ↑template RNA, ↑informational RNA • Hypernyms: ↑ribonucleic acid, ↑RNA …   Useful english dictionary

• mRNA — abbr. Biol. messenger RNA. * * * noun 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 • Syn: ↑messenger RNA, ↑template RNA, ↑informational …   Useful english dictionary