Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun informational_rna

1 sense of informational rna

Sense 1
messenger RNA, mRNA, template RNA, informational RNA -- (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)
       => 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; "ribonucleic acid is the genetic material of some viruses")