RNA

29 3.5

A molecule in cells that carries instructions from DNA to make proteins and in some viruses is the genetic material

noun
/ˌɑːrˌɛnˈeɪ/

Specialized

: ARN

In some viruses, RNA acts as the genetic material that allows them to replicate.
messenger RNA
small RNA
viral RNA

So there you can design like thousands of guide RNA and do screens to look for targets.

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Examples

The results indicated that total RNA was isolated successfully, with no degradation, and could be used for further research.

Academic text (2013)
So you can also measure RNA from blood, which tells you about gene expression.
And so you know which RNA has been expressed in which cells.
We're going to talk about the origin of life and what role RNA did or did not play in that.
So this is looking at human RNA for the same genes.
Why was it necessary to use the RNA vaccine?
So viruses with RNA can have three different kinds of RNA.

Lex Fridman
So the most beautiful and most complex RNA machine known to man is the ribosome.

Lex Fridman
And how is a protein vaccine different to an RNA or A DNA vaccine?
Well, your genes are making RNA and those RNAs are making protein.

Synonyms

ribonucleic acid

vsRNA

Specialized

5.1

A molecule in cells that carries messages from genes to make proteins

focuses on carrying DNA instructions for making proteins and serving as viral genetic material

Compounds

messenger RNA

Specialized

1 4.2

A molecule that carries gene instructions from the cell nucleus to ribosomes to make proteins

RNA polymerase

Specialized

1 6.3

A protein in cells that makes RNA by copying DNA

transfer RNA

Specialized

1 4.2

A small molecule in a cell that carries amino acids to ribosomes to make proteins

acceptor RNA

Specialized

6.5

A tRNA molecule that brings the correct amino acid to the cell's protein-making machine

informational RNA

Specialized

4.7

A molecule that carries DNA instructions to the part of the cell that makes proteins

nuclear RNA

Specialized

5.8

RNA that is inside a cell's nucleus, often in the nucleolus

template RNA

Specialized

5.2

A molecule that carries instructions from DNA to cell parts that make proteins

soluble RNA

Archaic

5.3

A small RNA that carries amino acids to where proteins are made

Surface Forms

RNA singular

RNAs plural

Etymology

RNA is short for ribonucleic acid. The ribo- part comes from ribose, a kind of 'sugar', nucleic comes from 'nucleus' meaning 'centre', and acid means 'acid', so the name tells you it's a molecule with a sugar that works in the centre of the cell and carries instructions from DNA — which is exactly what RNA does.