ribonukleinska kislina
RNA, RNK, RNK, ribonukleinska kislina
(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 [(biokemija) dolg linearni polimer nukleotidov, ki se nahaja v jedru celice, vendar predvsem v citoplazmi, kjer je povezan z mikrosomi; prenaša genetsko informacijo iz DNK v citoplazmo in uravnava določene kemične procese v celici.]