1. 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; [syn: messenger RNA, mRNA, template RNA, informational RNA]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mRNA
n 1: 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 [syn: messenger
RNA, mRNA, template RNA, informational RNA]