messenger RNA

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messenger RNA (plural messenger RNAs)

  1. (biochemistry) RNA that encodes and carries information from DNA during transcription to sites of protein synthesis to undergo translation in order to yield a protein.
    Synonym: (abbreviation) mRNA
    Coordinate term: transfer RNA
    • 2006 June 20, Nicholas Wade, “DNA or RNA? Versatile Player Takes a Leading Role in Molecular Research”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
      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.

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