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rnas
noun(RNA)
any of various nucleic acids that contain ribose and uracil as structural components and are associated with the control of cellular chemical activities
rnas
noun(RNA)
an RNA produced by transcription that carries the code for a particular protein from the nuclear DNA to a ribosome in the cytoplasm and acts as a template for the formation of that protein
rnas
noun(RNA)
a short segment of RNA that suppresses gene expression by binding to complementary segments of messenger RNA and interfering with the formation of proteins by translation —called also miRNA
rnas
noun(RNA)
RNA that is a fundamental structural element of ribosomes —called also rRNA
rnas
noun(RNA)
a relatively small RNA that transfers a particular amino acid to a growing polypeptide chain at the ribosomal site of protein synthesis during translation —called also tRNA

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