#ribonucleic_acid__ribonucleicacid__rna  a nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm; controls certain chemical processes in the cell; "ribonucleic acid is the genetic material of some viruses"
  supertype:  nucleic_acid__nucleicacid  any of various macromolecules that are vital constituents of all living cells
  substance:  ribose  adenine  cytosine  guanine  uracil
  subtype:  messenger_RNA__mRNA  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
  subtype:  transfer_DNA__tRNA  the form of RNA that attaches the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA)

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