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messenger RNA
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large family of RNA molecules that convey genetic information from DNA to the ribosome, where they specify the amino acid sequence of the protein products of gene expression
Messenger RNA is a molecule that carries genetic instructions copied from DNA and delivers them to the ribosome, a cellular structure that reads these instructions. This process is essential because it allows cells to use the information stored in genes to actually make the proteins they need to function.
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Research
486,214 papers- Messenger RNA.Scientific American · 1962HURWITZ J, FURTH JJDOI: 10.1038/scientificamerican0262-41
- Messenger RNA Vaccine in Mother's Milk.JAMA pediatrics · 2023Davanzo RDOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.6021
- Messenger RNA Vaccine in Mother's Milk-Reply.JAMA pediatrics · 2023Hanna N, Clauss C, Krilov LRDOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.6018
- Messenger RNA: an evaluation.ReviewAnnual review of biochemistry · 1966Singer MF, Leder PDOI: 10.1146/annurev.bi.35.070166.001211
- François Gros: from antibiotics to messenger RNA.Comptes rendus biologies · 2024Yaniv MDOI: 10.5802/crbiol.130
- Messenger RNA in animal cells.ReviewJournal of medical genetics · 1972Williamson RDOI: 10.1136/jmg.9.3.348
- Modified messenger-RNA components alter the encoded protein.Nature · 2024Tursi NJ, Weiner DBDOI: 10.1038/d41586-023-03787-9
- Chemical and structural effects of base modifications in messenger RNA.ReviewNature · 2017Harcourt EM, Kietrys AM, Kool ETDOI: 10.1038/nature21351
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Encyclopedic overview
The "life cycle" of an mRNA in a eukaryotic cell. RNA is transcribed in the nucleus; after processing, it is transported to the cytoplasm and translated by the ribosome. Finally, the mRNA is degraded.
Messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) is a single-stranded molecule of RNA that corresponds to the genetic sequence of a gene, and is read by a ribosome in the process of synthesizing a protein.
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