messenger RNA
Protein synthesis instructions
Messenger RNA, usually abbreviated mRNA, is the molecule that carries genetic instructions from DNA to the cellular machinery that builds proteins.
DNA serves as the master blueprint, but mRNA acts as the working copy—transcribed from DNA, then translated into proteins.
The term gained wide recognition during the COVID-19 pandemic, when mRNA vaccines introduced synthetic messenger RNA to trigger immune responses: The mRNA vaccines were developed with unprecedented speed.
One who organizes events
Protein synthesis site
- tRNAAmino acid transporter molecule
- amino acidProtein's molecular subunit
- peptideShort amino acid chain
- polypeptideAmino acid polymer
protein synthesis · reading frame · peptide bond · genetic code
Disease prevention injection
- delivery systemsMethods of transporting goods
- gene therapyMedical DNA modification treatment
- ModernaBiotech vaccine company
- PfizerGlobal medication and vaccine company
spike protein · therapeutic · personalized medicine · biopharmaceuticals · antisense · immunotherapy · drug delivery
promoter
One who organizes events
TATA box · elongation · termination · enhancer · silencer
ribosome
Protein synthesis site
- tRNAAmino acid transporter molecule
- amino acidProtein's molecular subunit
- peptideShort amino acid chain
polypeptide · protein synthesis · reading frame · peptide bond · genetic code
vaccine
Disease prevention injection
- delivery systemsMethods of transporting goods
- gene therapyMedical DNA modification treatment
- ModernaBiotech vaccine company
Pfizer · spike protein · therapeutic · personalized medicine · biopharmaceuticals · antisense · immunotherapy · drug delivery
- Gene Expressiongene expression, gene regulation, enhancers, silencer, operator
- RNAtRNA, transfer RNA, viral RNA, 16S rRNA
- RNA analysisRNA, transcripts, transcript, gene expression, cDNA
- reading framesopen reading frame, frameshift, codon, triplet, frameshift mutation
- Transcriptiontranscript, transcriptionist, live transcription, verbatim, dictation
- geneticsDNA, allele, genotype, genes, gene
messenger RNADNA
Hereditary code molecule
gene · protein · chromosome · polypeptide · chromatin