ribonucleic acid

English

Noun

ribonucleic acid (countable and uncountable, plural ribonucleic acids) (abbreviation RNA)

1. (biochemistry) A derivative of DNA having ribose in place of deoxyribose, and uracil in place of thymine; its primary function is in the transcription of genetic material and subsequent synthesis of protein.

Synonyms

• ribose nucleic acid

Derived terms

• ribozyme

Related terms

• nucleic acid
• ribonucleate
• deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
• peptide nucleic acid (PNA)
• threose nucleic acid (TNA)
• glycol nucleic acid (GNA)

Translations

derivative of DNA, used in the transcription of genetic material

• Catalan: àcid ribonucleic (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 核糖核酸 (hat⁶ tong⁴ hat⁶ syun¹)

  Hakka: 核糖核酸 (fu̍t-thòng fu̍t-sôn)

  Mandarin: 核糖核酸 (zh) (hétáng hésuān)

• Czech: ribonukleová kyselina f
• Finnish: ribonukleiinihappo (fi)
• French: acide ribonucléique (fr) m
• German: Ribonukleinsäure (de) f (RNS (de) f)
• Hungarian: ribonukleinsav (hu)
• Icelandic: ríbósakjarnsýra (is) f
• Italian: acido ribonucleico m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: リボ核酸 (ja) (リボかくさん, ribokakusan)
• Kazakh: рибонуклеин қышқылы (ribonuklein qyşqyly)
• Korean: 리보핵산 (ribohaeksan)
• Kurdish:
• Malay: asid ribonukleik
• Polish: kwas rybonukleinowy m
• Portuguese: ácido ribonucleico (pt) m
• Romanian: acid ribonucleic (ro) m
• Russian: рибонуклеи́новая кислота́ (ru) f (ribonukleínovaja kislotá)
• Spanish: ácido ribonucleico (es) m
• Swedish: ribonukleinsyra (sv) c
• Turkish: ribonükleik asit

See also

• unlocked nucleic acid (UNA)
• locked nucleic acid (LNA)
• bridged nucleic acid (BNA)