Alphabetical
RNA
[noun]
Ribonucleic acid. A single-stranded nucleic acid containing the sugar ribose. In most organisms, a molecule responsible for transfer of the genetic information encoded in DNA to the manufacture of proteins. In some organisms such as viruses RNA is the primary carrier of genetic information.
Appears in modules:
- David Ho HIV researcher
- Discovery and Structure of Cells Cell theory, prokaryotes, and eukaryotes
- DNA I The genetic material
- DNA III The replication of DNA
- Gene Expression Enzymes and hereditary conditions
- Origins of Life I Early ideas and experiments
- Origins of Life II Primeval environments and the origins of RNA
- Revolutionizing Medicine with Monoclonal Antibodies The work of César Milstein
- The Nitrogen Cycle Of microbes and men
- The Phosphorus Cycle Phosphates and fertilizer
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