messenger RNA

noun

Definition 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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messenger RNA

noun

medical Definition 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 — called also mRNA; compare transfer rna