| riboflavin |
vitamin B2: a B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss
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| ribonuclease |
a transferase that catalyzes the hydrolysis of ribonucleic acid
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| ribonucleic acid |
(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"
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| ribose |
a pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid
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| ribosome |
an organelle in the cytoplasm of a living cell; they attach to mRNA and move down it one codon at a time and then stop until tRNA brings the required amino acid; when it reaches a stop codon it falls apart and releases the completed protein molecule for use by the cell; "the ribosome is the site of protein synthesis"
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