ribonucleic acid

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Noun

ribonucleic acid (uncountable) (abbreviation RNA)

1. (biochemistry) A derivative of DNA having ribose in place of deoxyribose, and uracil in place of thymine; its primary function is in the transcription of genetic material and subsequent synthesis of protein.

Synonyms

• ribose nucleic acid

Translations

derivative of DNA, used in the transcription of genetic material

• Catalan: àcid ribonucleic (ca) m
• Czech: ribonukleová kyselina (cs) f
• Finnish: ribonukleiinihappo (fi)
• French: acide ribonucléique (fr) m
• German: Ribonukleinsäure (de) f
• Icelandic: ríbósakjarnsýra (is) f
• Italian: acido ribonucleico (it) m
• Japanese: リボ核酸 (ja) (リボかくさん, ribokakusan)

• Korean: 리보핵산 (ko) (ribohaeksan)
• Malay: asid ribo­nukleik (ms)
• Polish: kwas rybonukleinowy (pl) m
• Russian: рибонуклеиновая кислота (ru) (ribonukleínovaja kislotá) f
• Spanish: ácido ribonucleico (es) m
• Swedish: ribonukleinsyra (sv) c
• Turkish: ribonükleik asit (tr)

Derived terms

• ribozyme

Related terms

• nucleic acid
• deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
• peptide nucleic acid (PNA)
• threose nucleic acid (TNA)
• glycol nucleic acid (GNA)

See also

• unlocked nucleic acid (UNA)
• locked nucleic acid (LNA)
• bridged nucleic acid (BNA)