ribonucleic acid
Noun
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Noun
ribonucleic acid (abbreviation RNA)
- (biochemistry) A derivative of DNA having ribose in place of deoxyribose, and uracil in place of thymine; its primary function is in the transcription of genetic material and subsequent synthesis of protein.
- nucleic acid
- ribonucleate
- deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
- peptide nucleic acid (PNA)
- threose nucleic acid (TNA)
- glycol nucleic acid (GNA)
- French: acide ribonucléique
- German: Ribonukleinsäure (RNS)
- Italian: acido ribonucleico
- Portuguese: ácido ribonucleico
- Russian: рибонуклеи́новая кислота́
- Spanish: ácido ribonucleico
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