ribonucleic acid

English

Noun

ribonucleic acid (uncountable) (abbreviation RNA)

(biochemistry) A derivative of DNA having ribose in place of deoxyribose, and uracil in place of thymine; its primary function is in the transcription of genetic material and subsequent synthesis of protein.

Synonyms

ribose nucleic acid

Derived terms

ribozyme

Related terms

Translations

derivative of DNA, used in the transcription of genetic material

Catalan: àcid ribonucleic (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 核糖核酸 (hat⁶ tong⁴ hat⁶ syun¹)

Hakka: 核糖核酸 (fu̍t-thòng fu̍t-sôn)

Mandarin: 核糖核酸 (zh) (hétáng hésuān)
Czech: ribonukleová kyselina f
Finnish: ribonukleiinihappo (fi)
French: acide ribonucléique (fr) m
German: Ribonukleinsäure (de) f (RNS (de) f)
Hungarian: ribonukleinsav (hu)
Icelandic: ríbósakjarnsýra (is) f
Italian: acido ribonucleico m

Japanese: リボ核酸 (ja) (リボかくさん, ribokakusan)
Korean: 리보핵산 (ribohaeksan)
Kurdish: asîda rîbonukleî f ARN f
Malay: asid ribonukleik
Polish: kwas rybonukleinowy m
Portuguese: ácido ribonucleico (pt) m
Romanian: acid ribonucleic (ro) m
Russian: рибонуклеи́новая кислота́ (ru) f (ribonukleínovaja kislotá)
Spanish: ácido ribonucleico (es) m
Swedish: ribonukleinsyra (sv) c
Turkish: ribonükleik asit

See also

unlocked nucleic acid (UNA)
locked nucleic acid (LNA)
bridged nucleic acid (BNA)

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