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The central dogma of molecular biology suggests that the primary role of RNA is to convert the information stored in DNA into proteins. In reality, there is much more to the RNA story.
RNA; A single-stranded polymer of nucleotides that contain the sugar ribose; made through the process of transcription; three primary types exist, and all three function in the interpretation of the information stored in DNA.
Also known as mRNA, the RNA molecule exported from the nucleus that carries genetic information for the amino acid sequence of a protein.

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