Wiktionary
n. (context biochemistry English) 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.
WordNet
n. (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" [syn: RNA]
Usage examples of "ribonucleic acid".
It could be programmed to output any sequence of deoxyribonucleic acid or ribonucleic acid imaginable, along with associated proteins.
The precise assembly of the amino acids into the appropriate sequence depends on another giant molecule in the cell, ribonucleic acid (RNA), whose synthesis is in turn directly under the control of the cell's genetic material, deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA.
This can be either Ribonucleic acid (RNA) or DeoxyRibonucleic acid (DNA).
Suspicion is currently falling upon ribonucleic acid (usually abbreviated RNA) in which the nerve cell, surprisingly enough, is richer than almost any other type of cell in the body.
This code can be transcribed to make a strand of RNA, ribonucleic acid.
First, another nucleic acid, RNA (ribonucleic acid), copies the information in the DNA molecule onto itself.
The answer, we now know, was RNA, or ribonucleic acid, which acts as an interpreter between the two.
Bryce knew ways of destroying short-term memories by inhibiting synapse transmission, and he knew ways of destroying the deep long-term memories by washing out the complex chains of ribonucleic acid, brain-RNA, by which they are inscribed in the brain.
Each little neuron contains, among other things, about twenty million molecules of ribonucleic acid, called RNA for short.
Translated into sheet music, a portion of mouse ribonucleic acid sounds like a lively waltz, very similar to Chopin's Nocturne, Opus 55, No.
One of the puromycin derivatives to wash out the involuted chains of ribonucleic acid, brain-RNA, that keep memories permanently inscribed in the brain.
The ribonucleic acid is failing to do its job of assisting memory storage.