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What is a messenger RNA?

What is a messenger RNA? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (biochemistry) RNA that encodes and carries information from DNA during transcription to sites of protein synthesis to undergo translation in order to yield a protein.
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Complementary DNA was made from messenger RNA using reverse transcription with a polydT primer.
This conclusion was reached prior to the discovery of messenger RNA, transfer RNA, or the mechanism of translation.
The ribsome transits along the messenger RNA as the protein is built, releasing the deacylated tRNA through an exit site.
A gene, by the way, is a portion of DNA responsible for encoding messenger RNA for translation into protein.
These stages include transcription, posttranscriptional processing, translation, and messenger RNA degradation.
We extracted poly-A tailed messenger RNA separately from the planarian head portion and the body portions.

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