messenger RNA
Sign in to savelarge family of RNA molecules that convey genetic information from DNA to the ribosome, where they specify the amino acid sequence of the protein products of gene expression
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Messenger RNA is a molecule that carries genetic instructions copied from DNA and delivers them to the ribosome, a cellular structure that reads these instructions. This process is essential because it allows cells to use the information stored in genes to actually make the proteins they need to function.
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Research
486,158 papers- Messenger RNA.Scientific American · 1962
- Messenger RNA Vaccine in Mother's Milk.JAMA pediatrics · 2023
- Messenger RNA Vaccine in Mother's Milk-Reply.JAMA pediatrics · 2023
- Messenger RNA: an evaluation.Annual review of biochemistry · 1966
- François Gros: from antibiotics to messenger RNA.Comptes rendus biologies · 2024
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Article
The "life cycle" of an mRNA in a eukaryotic cell. RNA is transcribed in the nucleus; after processing, it is transported to the cytoplasm and translated by the ribosome. Finally, the mRNA is degraded.
Messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) is a single-stranded molecule of RNA that corresponds to the genetic sequence of a gene, and is read by a ribosome in the process of synthesizing a protein.