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Definition of 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 th

Similar Words: ribonucleic acid, RNA

Hyponyms: messenger RNA, mRNA, template RNA, informational RNA, nuclear RNA, nRNA, transfer RNA, tRNA, acceptor RNA, soluble RNA

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