OntologyTerm messenger RNA

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   May 11th, 2017 at 4:10pm

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definition 
An RNA molecule that transfers the coding information for protein synthesis from the chromosomes to the ribosomes mRNA is formed from a DNA template by transcription. It may be a copy of a single gene or of several adjacent genes (polycistronic mRNA). On the ribosome, the sequence is converted into the programmed amino acid sequence through translation. (EFO)
namespace 
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo
preferred_name 
messenger RNA
references 
  1. None
source_ontologies 
synonyms 
  1. template RNA
  2. mRNA
term_id 
CHEBI:33699
term_name 
messenger RNA
term_url 
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_33699