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messenger RNA 
An RNA molecule that transfers the coding information for protein synthesis from the chromosomes to the ribosomes mRNA is formed from a DNA template by transcription. It may be a copy of a single gene or of several adjacent genes (polycistronic mRNA). On the ribosome, the sequence is converted into the programmed amino acid sequence through translation.
ncRNA 
non polyA RNA +  
nuclear RNA 
polyA RNA extract +  
snRNA 
total RNA 

Synonyms
Related Synonyms: mRNA ;   template RNA
Alternate IDs: CHEBI:33699
Xrefs: NCI:C813 ;   SNOMEDCT:69908008

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