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Mrna
noun
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Noun
- 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 Alternative form of mRNA. alt-of, alternative
- 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 A strand of messenger RNA. countable
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