ribonucleic_acid.n.01

'ribonucleic_acid.n.01'

[ribonucleic_acid.n.01] as in: (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

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ribonucleic acid is the genetic material of some viruses