mRNA
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- noun
- /ˌɛmˌɑːrˈɛnˈeɪ/
- Specialized
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- The scientist explained how mRNA carries genetic information from DNA to the ribosome.
- mRNA expression
- mRNA levels
- mRNA to protein
Those messages are called mRNA messenger RNA, OK.
- Those messages are called mRNA messenger RNA, OK.
- So as you can see here, this is something that looks like it comes out from the mRNA and then it would fold.
- And so the DNA goes in to the nucleus in in the Astra Zeneca, Oxford version where it is transcribed into an mRNA and then the rest is the same from there.
- So they make the mRNA be a blueprint for the surface proteins of your cancer cells, not your normal cells.
- So the ribosome allows the mRNA, the messenger RNA.
Examples
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DR. CONNORS: We received the results from the mRNA sequences this morning.
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Moderna's vaccine is also an mRNA vaccine or a messenger RNA vaccine.
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How about the number of mRNA produced per cell cycle?
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So as you can see here, this is something that looks like it comes out from the mRNA and then it would fold.
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There's different large sets of mRNA in each cell.
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And that's because mRNA leads to protein, right?
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Only the genes expressed in a given cell type will be represented by mRNA molecules.
Academic text (1992) -
Then, the mRNA is transported out to the cytosol to be translated into the corresponding protein.
Academic text (2018) -
Each cDNA molecule represents a copy of a single messenger RNA, or mRNA, derived from the gene sequence.
Academic text (1992) -
For coding regions, transcription results in a complementary mRNA molecule that, with no further modification, is translated at the ribosome.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
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A molecule that carries gene instructions from the cell nucleus to ribosomes to make proteins
A molecule that carries DNA instructions to the part of the cell that makes proteins
A molecule that carries instructions from DNA to cell parts that make proteins
Surface Forms
Morphology
mRNA = RNA (transparent) = m + R + N + A
The initial letter 'm' conventionally abbreviates 'messenger' and combines with the established headword 'RNA' (ribonucleic acid) in a clear initialism, so learners who know RNA can interpret mRNA.
Etymology
MRNA stands for messenger RNA, where 'messenger' means 'one who carries a message' and RNA is the kind of molecule that carries genetic information. So mRNA is like a tiny message that takes instructions from DNA to the cell machines that build proteins.