ribonucleic acid

ri·bo·nu·cle·ic acid  (rb-n-klk, -kl-, -ny-)

n.

See RNA.

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[ribo(se) + nucleic acid.]

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ribonucleic acid

Noun

the full name of RNA

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ribonucleic acid  (rb-n-klk)

See RNA.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

ribonucleic acid - (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" RNA biochemistry - the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry ribose - a pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid adenine, A - (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA cytosine, C - a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine informational RNA, messenger RNA, mRNA, template RNA - the template for protein synthesis; the form of RNA that carries information from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome sites of protein synthesis in the cell nRNA, nuclear RNA - ribonucleic acid found in the nucleolus of the cell acceptor RNA, soluble RNA, transfer RNA, tRNA - RNA molecules present in the cell (in at least 20 varieties, each variety capable of combining with a specific amino acid) that attach the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA) guanine, G - a purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine nucleic acid - (biochemistry) any of various macromolecules composed of nucleotide chains that are vital constituents of all living cells polymer - a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers U, uracil - a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine