MRNA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mRNA mean? 

• MRNA (noun)
  The noun MRNA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: MRNA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MRNA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

informational RNA; messenger RNA; mRNA; template RNA

Hypernyms ("mRNA" is a kind of...):

ribonucleic acid; RNA ((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)

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes MIR34A pre-miRNA, plays a role in the regulation of mRNA translation.

(MIR34A wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

An RNA transport gene that encodes a protein specifically involved in the transport of mRNA.

(mRNA Transport Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) vaccine containing six modified mRNAs, which encode six different NSCLC associated antigens, with potential antitumor and immunomodulatory activities.

(mRNA-derived Lung Cancer Vaccine CV9202, NCI Thesaurus)

The anti-mesothelin mRNA encodes a single chain antibody variable fragment (ScFv), the intracellular CD 3 zeta T cell receptor domain and the 4-1BB (cd137) costimulatory domain.

(Anti-mesothelin CIR mRNA-electroporated Autologous T Cells, NCI Thesaurus)

MicroRNAs are smaller than many other types of RNA and can bind to messenger RNAs (mRNAs) to block them from making proteins.

(microRNA, NCI Dictionary)

VEGF expression is dramatically induced by hypoxia due in large part to an increase in the stability of its mRNA.

(Angiogenesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A type of RNA found in cells. mRNA molecules carry the genetic information needed to make proteins.

(mRNA, NCI Dictionary)

This oligonucleotide is involved in mRNA stability.

(MIR34A pre-miRNA, NCI Thesaurus)

ASK mRNA and protein are low in G1, peak in S phase, and reduce in G2/M; ASK is extensively phosphorylated during S phase.

(Activator of S Phase Kinase, NCI Thesaurus)

Both groups also found evidence that Arc capsids contain Arc mRNA and that the capsids are released from neurons inside those vesicles.

(Memory gene goes viral, National Institutes of Health)