ribonucleic acid

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ri=bo=nu=cle=ic ac=id

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun ribonucleic acid has 1 sense

ribonucleic acid(n = noun.substance) 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; "ribonucleic acid is the genetic material of some viruses"

has particulars: informational rna, messenger rna, mrna, template rna, nrna, nuclear rna, acceptor rna, soluble rna, transfer rna, trna

has parts: nucleic acid

is a kind of polymer

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

ribonucleic acid, n. a nucleic acid yielding ribose on hydrolysis, present in living cells, esp. in ribosomes where it is involved in protein synthesis.

Usage

Abbr.: RNA.

Etymology

RIBOSE + NUCLEIC ACID

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