Search Result for "ribonucleic_acid":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (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;
- Example: "ribonucleic acid is the genetic material of some viruses"
[syn: ribonucleic acid, RNA]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ribonucleic acid n 1: (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; "ribonucleic acid is the genetic material of some viruses" [syn: ribonucleic acid, RNA]