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Meaning of messenger RNA | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

RNA that encodes and carries information from DNA during transcription to sites of protein synthesis to undergo translation in order to yield a protein.

countable, uncountable

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Examples

“In the past, RNA did not get this kind of respect. The central dogma of biology has been that DNA makes messenger RNA, messenger RNA makes proteins, and proteins do everything else that needs to be done in a living cell.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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