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ribosomal RNA
noun
, Biochemistry.
- a type of RNA, distinguished by its length and abundance, functioning in protein synthesis as a component of ribosomes. : rRNA
ribosomal RNA
noun
- biochem a type of RNA thought to be transcribed from DNA in the nucleoli of cell nuclei, subsequently forming the component of ribosomes on which the translation of messenger RNA into protein chains is accomplished Sometimes shortened torRNA
ribosomal RNA
/ rī′bə-sō′məl /
- The RNA that is a structural component of a ribosome. Comparison of gene sequences of the ribosomal RNA of different organisms has been used to determine evolutionary relationships among the organisms.
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Origin of ribosomal RNA1
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So mutations — copying changes — rarely happen in ribosomal RNA.
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