(neuroscience) A linear sequence of nucleotides which is transcribed from and complementary to a single strand of deoxyribonucleic acid and which carries the information for protein synthesis to the ribosomes. Abbreviated mRNA.
messenger ribonucleic acid
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- antisense (genetics)
- exon (genetics)
- RNA polymerase II (cell and molecular biology)
- Mrna (science)
- maternal messenger ribonucleic acid (cell and molecular biology)
- RNA splicing
- codon misreading (cell and molecular biology)
- co-inducer (biochemistry)
- control gene (genetics)
- heterogeneous nuclear ribonuclear protein (cell and molecular biology)
- heterogeneous ribonucleic acid (cell and molecular biology)
- informosome (cell and molecular biology)
- Kozak sequence (cell and molecular biology)
- methylated cap (cell and molecular biology)
