Ribonucleic Acid

Of biochemistry and polymer.   May also be referred to as RNA.

(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".

This concept's ID is @1~74983

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

  • A 0 facts

    (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in...

  • C 0 facts

    A base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine.

  • G 0 facts

    A purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine.

  • nucleic acid 0 facts

    (biochemistry) any of various macromolecules composed of nucleotide chains that are...

Also contains

  • ribose 0 facts

    A pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid.

  • nuclear RNA 0 facts

    Ribonucleic acid found in the nucleolus of the cell.

  • U 0 facts

    A base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine;...

  • messenger RNA 0 facts

    The template for protein synthesis; the form of RNA that carries information from...

  • transfer RNA 0 facts

    RNA molecules present in the cell (in at least 20 varieties, each variety capable of...