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  2. RNA - Wikipedia

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    Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a polymeric molecule that is essential for most biological functions, either by performing the function itself (non-coding RNA) or by forming a template for the production of proteins (messenger RNA). RNA and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) are nucleic acids. The nucleic acids constitute one of the four major ...

  3. Ribonucleotide - Wikipedia

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    Ribonucleotide. In biochemistry, a ribonucleotide is a nucleotide containing ribose as its pentose component. It is considered a molecular precursor of nucleic acids. Nucleotides are the basic building blocks of DNA and RNA. Ribonucleotides themselves are basic monomeric building blocks for RNA.

  4. RNA-Seq - Wikipedia

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    RNA-Seq (named as an abbreviation of RNA sequencing) is a technique that uses next-generation sequencing to reveal the presence and quantity of RNA molecules in a biological sample, providing a snapshot of gene expression in the sample, also known as transcriptome.

  5. Nucleic acid sequence - Wikipedia

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    The sequence of nucleobases on a nucleic acid strand is translated by cell machinery into a sequence of amino acids making up a protein strand. Each group of three bases, called a codon, corresponds to a single amino acid, and there is a specific genetic code by which each possible combination of three bases corresponds to a specific amino acid.

  6. Nucleic acid - Wikipedia

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    Nucleic acids RNA (left) and DNA (right). Nucleic acids are large biomolecules that are crucial in all cells and viruses. [ 1 ] They are composed of nucleotides, which are the monomer components: a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group and a nitrogenous base. The two main classes of nucleic acids are deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid ...

  7. Gene - Wikipedia

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    The molecular gene is a sequence of nucleotides in DNA that is transcribed to produce a functional RNA. There are two types of molecular genes: protein-coding genes and non-coding genes. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] During gene expression (the synthesis of RNA or protein from a gene), DNA is first copied into RNA.

  8. Translation (biology) - Wikipedia

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    Genetics. In biology, translation is the process in living cells in which proteins are produced using RNA molecules as templates. The generated protein is a sequence of amino acids. This sequence is determined by the sequence of nucleotides in the RNA. The nucleotides are considered three at a time.

  9. List of RNAs - Wikipedia

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    Small non coding RNA which is induced in response to oxidative stress in Escherichia coli. piRNA. piwi-interacting RNA. multiple families. Small RNAs that form RNA-protein complexes with piwi proteins in animal cells. qiRNA. QDE-2 interfering RNA. -. rasiRNA.