messenger RNA
messenger RNA
nounDefinition of MESSENGER RNA
: an RNA produced by transcription that carries the code for a particular protein from the nuclear DNA to a ribosome in the cytoplasm and acts as a template for the formation of that protein — compare transfer rna
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1961
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