English Explanatory Dictionary

messenger RNA

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

RNA that encodes and carries information from DNA during transcription to sites of protein synthesis to undergo translation in order to yield a protein.

Word forms

messenger RNA messenger RNAs

Synonyms

mRNA

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