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messenger RNAs

messenger RNAs is the plural of messenger RNA.

Meaning of messenger RNA

Noun

messenger RNA (countable and uncountable, plural messenger RNAs)

  1. RNA that encodes and carries information from DNA during transcription to sites of protein synthesis to undergo translation in order to yield a protein.
    • In the past, RNA did not get this kind of respect. The central dogma of biology has been that DNA makes messenger RNA, messenger RNA makes proteins, and proteins do everything else that needs to be done in a living cell.2006 June 20, Nicholas Wade, “DNA or RNA? Versatile Player Takes a Leading Role in Molecular Research”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    mRNA

Questions about messenger RNAs

What is messenger RNAs the plural of?
Messenger RNAs is the plural of messenger RNA.

Words near messenger RNAs in the dictionary

  1. messenger bags
  2. messenger of death
  3. messenger pigeon
  4. messenger pigeons
  5. messenger RNA
  6. messenger RNAs
  7. messenger-at-arms
  8. messengered
  9. messengerhood
  10. messengerial
  11. messengering

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