WordNet: RNA, ribonucleic acid

(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"

• domain: topic biochemistry

• hypernym polymer

• hyponym informational RNA, mRNA, messenger RNA, template RNA

• hyponym nRNA, nuclear RNA

• hyponym acceptor RNA, soluble RNA, tRNA, transfer RNA

RNA

• (suomi) RNA (synonyymi)

ribonucleic acid

• (suomi) ribonukleiinihappo (synonyymi)