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Also referred to as mRNA. A form of RNA that carries the genetic code for a particular protein from the DNA in the cell's nucleus to a ribosome in the cytoplasm and acts as a template, or pattern, for the formation of that protein.
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A chain of specific ribonucleotides that codes for a specific protein; template for the assembly of amino acids into protein; in cells mRNA is transcribed from DNA, but some RNA viruses function directly as mRNA. (16)
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A chain of single-stranded ribonucleotides that codes for a specific protein. Product from DNA by transcription which serves as the information carrier for translation into proteins in the ribosomes..
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Template for protein synthesis. Each set of three bases in mRNA specifies a certain amino acid in a long chain of amino acids that make up a protein. The sequence of a strand of mRNA is based on the sequence of a complementary strand of DNA. Nucleotide A piece of DNA or RNA that contains one base, one phosphate group, and one sugar unit. Thousands of nucleotides joined end-to-tail make a molecule of DNA or RNA.
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| messenger RNA |
strand of RNA that is translated from the genomic DNA, and leaves the cell nucleus to reach the cytoplasm where it is used as a matrix for the synthesis of a protein.
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