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| A type of nucleic acid consisting of nucleotide monomers with a ribose sugar and then nitrogenous bases A, C, G, and U. It's usually single stranded. |
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| A cell organelle that functions as the site for protein synthesis and consists of rRNA and protein molecules. It consists of two subunits. |
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| The most abundant type of RNA. They combine with protein molecules to form ribosomes. |
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| An RNA moecule that functions as an interpreter between nucleic acid and amino acid language by picking up amino acids and delivering them to the ribosomes. |
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| An enzyme that links together the growing chain of ribonucleotides during transcription. |
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| A type of RNA that is the product of transcription from DNA molecules. |
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| The removal of non-coding portions the RNA moecule after initial synthesis. |
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| A non-coding, intervening sequence within a eukaryotic cell. |
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| A coding region of a eukaryotic gene. Exons which are expressed, are seperated from each other by introns. |
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| An enzyme encoded by some certain viruses that uses RNA as a template for DNA synthesis. |
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| A specific nucleotide sequence in DNA that binds RNA polymerase and indicates where to start transcribing RNA. |
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| An initial RNA transcript; also called pre-mRNA when trascribed from a protein-coding gene. |
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