TEMPLATE RNA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does template RNA mean? 

• TEMPLATE RNA (noun)
  The noun TEMPLATE RNA has 1 sense:

1. the template for protein synthesis; the form of RNA that carries information from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome sites of protein synthesis in the cell

  Familiarity information: TEMPLATE RNA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEMPLATE RNA (noun)

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Meaning:

The template for protein synthesis; the form of RNA that carries information from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome sites of protein synthesis in the cell

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Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

informational RNA; messenger RNA; mRNA; template RNA

Hypernyms ("template RNA" is a kind of...):

ribonucleic acid; RNA ((biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell)