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Ribonucleic acid

British pronunciation/ɹˌɪbənjuːklˈɪɪk ˈasɪd/
American pronunciation/ɹˌɪbənuːklˈɪɪk ˈæsɪd/
Ribonucleic acid
[NOUN]
1

(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

synonyms : RNA
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1. So RNA stands for ribonucleic acid.
2. Ribonucleic acid, let me write that down.
3. It was just a chunk of RNA, or ribonucleic acid, the molecule we usually think of as the template used to make proteins.
4. mRNA, or messenger ribonucleic acid, is a naturally occurring molecule that encodes the instructions for producing proteins.
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