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RIBONUCLIECACID
RIBONUCLIECACID
ACID
WHAT IS RIBONUCLIEC
ACID?
Ribonucleic acid, or RNA is one of the three major
biological macromolecules that are essential for all
known forms of life (along with DNA and proteins).
A central tenet of molecular biology states that the
flow of genetic information in a cell is from DNA
through RNA to proteins: “DNA makes RNA makes
protein”.
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a polymeric molecule
essential in various biological roles in coding,
decoding, regulation and expression of genes. RNA
and DNA are nucleic acids, and, along with lipids,
proteins and carbohydrates, constitute the four major
macromolecules essential for all known forms of life.
Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) is found mainly in the
cytoplasm of the cell although it is usually
synthesized in the nucleus.