| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| One of a group of molecules similar in structure to a single strand of DNA. The function of RNA is to carry the information from DNA in the cell’s nucleus into the body of the cell, to use the genetic code to assemble proteins, and to comprise part of the ribosomes that serve as the platform on which protein synthesis takes place. | 1 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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