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Noun: messenger RNA
  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
    - mRNA, template RNA, informational RNA

Type of: ribonucleic acid, RNA

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