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rRNA

American  
  1. Biochemistry. ribosomal RNA.


rRNA British  

abbreviation

  1. ribosomal RNA

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

rRNA Scientific  
  1. Abbreviation of ribosomal RNA


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They uncovered thousands of previously unknown targets for snoRNAs in human cells and mouse brain tissues, including many that serve functions other than guiding rRNA modifications.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2024

Samples were screened for corallicolid infection using polymerase chain reaction -- a laboratory nucleic acid amplification technique -- and sequencing of nuclear small subunit rRNA.

From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2024

They created a trap, a molecule that mimicked the specific rRNA sequence to which Poly-GR dipeptides bin during the pathological process, in order to avoid the neurotoxic effects of this binding.

From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2023

Mutations in tRNA and rRNA would lead to production of a DNA strand with a mutated single strand and normal other strand.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Mutations in tRNA and rRNA would lead to the production of defective proteins or no protein production.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

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