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RNA
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-rna rna
English
Pronunciation
en R N A
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-RNA.wav Southern England
Noun
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en biochemistry en ribonucleic acid.
en Nicholas Wade DNA or RNA? Versatile Player Takes a Leading Role in Molecular Research The New York Times 2006-06-20 https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/20/science/dna-or-rna-versatile-player-takes-a-leading-role-in-molecular.html 0362-4331 Looked at from RNA’s point of view, DNA is just a passive archive of information, a dull hunk of a telephone directory; it is RNA that looks up the numbers, establishes the connections and determines how long each call will last. https://web.archive.org/web/20251019095017/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/20/science/dna-or-rna-versatile-player-takes-a-leading-role-in-molecular.html 19 October 2025
Derived terms
en birnavirus picornavirus ribosomal RNA small interfering RNA RNA expression profile RNA interference aiRNA asRNA bacRNA chiRNA cfRNA ctRNA dsRNA gRNA lhRNA lRNA mRNA,messenger RNA macroRNA microRNA miRNA miscRNA modRNA mtRNA nanoRNA ncRNA nsRNA pgRNA rasiRNA RNAemia saRNA satsiRNA sdRNA siRNA smRNA ssRNA tRNA,transfer RNA tmRNA vcRNA vRNA A-RNA Z-RNA
Related terms
en DNA XNA PNA TNA GNA
Translations
abbreviation of ribonucleic acid
Bulgarian: bg РНК f (bg рибонуклеинова киселина)
Catalan: ca ARN m
Finnish: fi RNA (fi ribonukleiinihappo)
French: fr ARN m
Georgian: ka რნმ
German: de RNS f (de Ribonukleinsäure f)
Greek: el RNA n
Hungarian: hu RNS
Icelandic: is RKS
Italian: it RNA m, it ARN m
Japanese: ja RNA āru-enu-ē
Khmer: km អអិនអេ
Latvian: lv RNS f (lv ribonukleīnskābe)
Macedonian: mk РНК f (mk рибонуклеинска киселина f)
Māori: mi tuipūmua
Polish: pl RNA n
Portuguese: pt RNA m, pt ARN m
Romanian: ro ARN n
Russian: ru РНК f (ru рибонуклеи́новая кислота́)
Slovak: sk RNK f (sk ribonukleová kyselina)
Spanish: es ARN m (es ácido ribonucleico)
Swedish: sv RNA n
Thai: th อาร์เอ็นเอ
Further reading
Anagrams
en anr Arn NRA Nar RAN Ran ran
German
Etymology
de en RNA, from en ribonucleic acid.
Pronunciation
de [ʔɛʁʔɛnˈʔaː]
de De-RNA.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
f.sg
de molecular biology RNA, de Ribonukleinsäure
Further reading
Japanese
Etymology
From ja en RNA ああるえぬええ.
Pronunciation
アールエヌエー 6
Noun
アール-エヌ-エー
ja genetics biochemistry ああるえぬええ ja リボ核酸 ribo-kakusan en ribonucleic acid; en RNA
See also
D%N%A ディー%-エヌ-%エー
ja terms written in foreign scripts
Polish
pl:
thumb|RNA
Etymology
pl :obor en:RNA + 1
Pronunciation
er.en'a LL-Q809 (pol)-Poemat-RNA.wav R.N.A
Noun
m-in,n 1
pl genetics molecular biology pl kwas rybonukleinowy
pl kwas rybonukleinowy
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
pt :obor en:RNA + 1
Pronunciation
érre ê*ne á
Noun
m #s
pt ARN
Further reading
Spanish
Noun
m #
en RNA
Further reading
Swedish
sv:
Alternative forms
sv rna
Noun
n
sv biochemistry en RNA
sv ribonukleinsyra
Declension
RNA RNA:t RNA:s RNA:ts
See also
sv DNA
References
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saol
Turkish
Noun
tr noun
"Ribonükleik asit", ribonucleic acid.