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ribonucleic acid (RNA)
found chiefly in cytoplasm and nucleoli; may be involved in transmitting hereditary information from the nucleus to cytoplasm
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
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cell, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), genetic code (ATGC), messenger RNA (mRNA), protein
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Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a nucleic acid polymer consisting of nucleotide monomers. RNA nucleotides contain ribose rings and uracil unlike deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), which contains deoxyribose and thymine.
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Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a nucleic acid consisting of a string of covalently-bound nucleotides.
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ribonucleic acid: see RNA.
ribosomes: organelle bodies that may be bound to the ER that are the sites of protein synthesis in eukaryotic cells; the bodies in which amino acids are bound together to form proteins.
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Ribonucleic acid (RNA) was discovered after DNA. DNA, with exceptions in chloroplasts and mitochondria, is restricted to the nucleus (in eukaryotes, the nucleoid region in prokaryotes).
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Ribonucleic acid (RNA): A chemical cousin of DNA, RNA (ribonucleic acid) is responsible for translating the genetic code of DNA into proteins.
Ribosomal RNA (rRNA): A class of RNA found in the ribosomes of cells.
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ribonucleic acid (RNA)
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A type of nucleic acid consisting of nucleotide monomers with a ribose sugar and the nitrogenous bases adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and uracil (U); usually single-stranded; ...
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ribonucleic acid (RNA) The nucleic acid formed from DNA and involved in protein synthesis; nucleotide of chain of phosphates, ribose sugars, and purine and pyrimidines.
ribose A 5-carbon sugar important in RNA and many other compounds.
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Ribonucleic acid (RNA): A chemical found in the nucleus and cytoplasm of cells; it plays an important role in protein synthesis and other chemical activities of the cell. The structure of RNA is similar to that of DNA.
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Deoxyribonucleic acid
See DNA.
Derepression
The release of a gene or operon from repression so that it is expressed (or turned on).
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RNA (ribonucleic acid) is similar to DNA and is involved in the synthesis of polypeptides and proteins as discussed above. The table below lists differences between DNA and RNA.
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(deoxyribonucleic acid): The large double-stranded molecule carrying the genetic code. It consists of four bases (adenine, guanine, cytosine and thymine), phosphate and ribose.
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RNA -- "ribonucleic acid". The nucleic acid which carries the DNA message into parts of the cell where it is interpreted and used. The 18S ribosomal RNA sequence has been used in many groups of organisms to reconstruct phylogeny.
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DNA-deoxyribonucleic acid, the chemical molecule inside cells which carries biological information.
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See deoxyribonucleic acid.
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DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid): the molecule that encodes genetic information. DNA is composed of two anti-parallel strands which wind about a common axis to form a double helix.
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Related Terms: Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
The molecule that encodes genetic information. DNA is a double-stranded molecule held together by weak bonds between base pairs of nucleotides.
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(See Centrifugation.) Deoxyribonucleic acid. See DNA, nuclease. Diabetes. A disease associated with the absence or reduced levels of insulin, a hormone essential for the transport of glucose to cells. Dideoxynucleotide (didN).
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deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) A polynucleotide having a defined sequence of deoxyribonucleotide units covalently bonded via 3',5'-phosphodiester bonds. Functions in the transmission of genetic information.
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DNA - deoxyribonucleic acid is the double-helix molecule holding the genetic information of organisms that, along with protein, composes the chromatin ...
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Denitrification Deoxyribonucleic acid (go to DNA) Deoxyribose Desert biome Desmosomes Deuterostomes Diabetes[mellitus (IDDM & NIDDM)] [insipidus] Diacylglycerol (DAG) Diakinesis Dialysis[equilibrium dialysis] Diapsids Diastole Diatoms Dicer ...
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In the 1940s, Avery, McCleod and McCarty definitively identified deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) as the "transforming principle" responsible for transmitting genetic information.
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Large polynucleotides can either form ribonucleic acids (RNA) or deoxyribonucleic acids (DNA).
RNA and DNA molecules are constructed from just 4 types of nucleotides each. The four types of nucleotides are: ...
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Recombinant DNA stands for simply the recombining of DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid, the so-called building blocks of life.
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