ribonucleic acid
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Noun
(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"
More Specific Terms
acceptor RNA
informational RNA
messenger RNA
mRNA
nRNA
nuclear RNA
soluble RNA
template RNA
transfer RNA
tRNA