Mrna

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of messenger RNA. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

    "When a cell “expresses” a gene, it translates the DNA first into a signature messenger RNA (mRNA) sequence and subsequently into a chain of amino acids that forms a protein."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of mRNA. alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    the template for protein synthesis; the form of RNA that carries information from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome sites of protein synthesis in the cell wordnet
  4. 4
    A strand of messenger RNA. countable

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