ribonucleic acid
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ribonucleic acid
First recorded in 1930–35; ribo(se) + nucleic acid
Example Sentences
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Burns said another study with Gruber looked at how capture methods affect jellyfish ribonucleic acid, known as RNA, one of the building blocks of life.
From Science Daily • Jan. 17, 2024
Karikó was first introduced to ribonucleic acid, or RNA, in 1978 and said she’s been “passionate about this fragile molecule ever since.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2023
The Merck drug mimics the building blocks of ribonucleic acid, or RNA, causing viral replication to go haywire by creating mutations — so many that the viral genetic machinery fails.
From Washington Post • Nov. 6, 2021
Two types of nucleic acids are ribonucleic acid, or RNA, and deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2018
There is a conversion of ribonucleic acid to desoxyribonucleic acid.
From On Handling the Data by Mayfield, M. I.
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