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MRNA

Definition: MRNA

MRNA

Noun

1. The template for protein synthesis; the form of RNA that carries information from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome sites of protein synthesis in the cell.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"MRNA" is a common misspelling or typo for: mane, manna, marina, menu, mina, mine, myna, ran.


Specialty Definition: MRNA

DomainDefinition

Medicine

The RNA molecule that conveys from the DNA the information that is to be translated into the structure of a particular polypeptide molecule. Each specific polypeptide requires a corresponding species of mRNA molecule which is constructed on a template of one strand of a DNA complex. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: MRNA

Synonym: messenger RNA (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: MRNA

English words defined with "mRNA": transcription, transfer DNA, tRNA. (references)
Specialty definitions using "mRNA": Adenovirus Early Proteins, Amanitins, aminoacyl-tRNA, anticodon, antisense methodCalcitonin Gene-Related Peptide, c-DNA, cell-free translation, complementary DNADNA Footprinting, DNA Primers, DNA Probes, DNA splicing, DNA, Antisenseexpressed sequence tagFrameshifting, Ribosomal, Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl, Fusion Proteins, gag-onc, Fusion Proteins, gag-polgene bank, gene library, GTP Pyrophosphokinasein vitro translationNeuregulin-1ochre codon, Oligonucleotide ProbesPeptide Chain Initiation, Peptide Chain Termination, protein truncation testReading frame, Reading Frames, RNA Caps, RNA Probes, RNA transcriptase, RNA, Guide, RNA, Heterogeneous Nuclear, RNA, Messenger, RNA-dependent, RNA-dependent DNA polymerase, RNA-polymerasetransfer ribonucleic acid, transfer RNA, t-RNA. (references)

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Commercial Usage: MRNA

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Look Beyond Transcription: Mechanisms Determining Mrna Stability and Translation in Plants (reference)

  • Eukaryotic Mrna Processing (Frontiers in Molecular Biology, 17) (reference)

  • Mrna Formation and Function (reference)

  • Mrna Metabolism & Post-Transcriptional Gene Regulation (Modern Cell Biology, Vol 17) (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Non-Fiction Usage: MRNA

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The viral N and L mRNAs are thought to undergo translation at free ribosomes, whereas the M mRNA is translated in the endoplasmic reticulum. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: MRNA

"MRNA" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "MRNA" is used about 257 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%25718,451

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: MRNA

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "mRNA": mrna-derived.

Ending with "mRNA": pre-mRNA.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: MRNA

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

mrna

30

expression mrna multiplex

4

assay expression mrna

4

mrna purification

4

mrna separation

2

isolation mrna

2

expression integrin mrna osteoblast

2

mrna translation

2

mrna structure

2

hybridization in mrna situ

2
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Modern Translation: MRNA

Language Translations for "mRNA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

mRNA (messenger RNA), messenger-RNA (messenger RNA), matrice RNA (messenger RNA), budbringer-RNA (messenger RNA). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

mRNA (messenger RNA), messenger-RNA (messenger RNA), boodschapper-RNA (messenger RNA). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

lähetti-RNA (messenger RNA). (various references)

   

French

  

ARNm, ARN messager. (various references)

   

German

  

m-RNS (messenger RNA), m-RNA (messenger RNA), Messenger-RNA (messenger RNA), Matrizen-RNA (messenger RNA), Boten-RNA (messenger RNA). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

mRNA (messenger RNA), αγγελιαφόρο RΝΑ (messenger RNA). (various references)

   

Italian

  

m-RNA (messenger RNA), RNA messaggero (messenger RNA). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

amrnay

   

Portuguese

  

ARNm (messenger RNA), ARN mensageiro (messenger RNA). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

ARNm (messenger RNA), ARN mensajero (messenger RNA). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

mRNA (messenger RNA), messenger-RNA (messenger RNA), budbärar-RNA (messenger RNA). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: MRNA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-m-n-r"

-1 letter: arm, man, mar, nam, ram, ran.

-2 letters: am, an, ar, ma, na.

 Words containing the letters "a-m-n-r"
 

+1 letter: inarm, manor, namer, ramen, reman, roman, unarm.

 

+2 letters: airman, airmen, almner, amarna, antrum, arming, barman, barmen, carman, carmen, damner, enamor, engram, firman, german, granum, harmin, inarms, macron, manger, manner, manors, mantra, manure, margin, marina, marine, marlin, maroon, marron, marten, martin, matron, meaner, merman, moaner, morgan, namers, normal, preman, ragman, ragmen, ramens, ramson, random, ransom, remain, remand, remans, rename, rodman, romano, romans, rumina, unarms.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: MRNA


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 52 4E 41

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

--    .-.    -.    .-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01010010 01001110 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#82 &#78 &#65

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0052 004E 0041

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

47524835

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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