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Rna

//ɑː(ɹ)ɛn eɪ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of ribonucleic acid. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "Looked at from RNA’s point of view, DNA is just a passive archive of information, a dull hunk of a telephone directory; it is RNA that looks up the numbers, establishes the connections and determines how long each call will last."

  2. 2
    (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 wordnet

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