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
(biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in...
- C
A base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine.
- G
A purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine.
- nucleic acid
(biochemistry) any of various macromolecules composed of nucleotide chains that are...
Also contains
- ribose
A pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid.
- nuclear RNA
Ribonucleic acid found in the nucleolus of the cell.
- U
A base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine;...
- messenger RNA
The template for protein synthesis; the form of RNA that carries information from...
- transfer RNA
RNA molecules present in the cell (in at least 20 varieties, each variety capable of...