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Describe mRNA.


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Messenger RNA (mRNA):

  1. Messenger RNA is a type of single-stranded RNA which is involved in the synthesis of protein.
  2. mRNA is formed from a template of DNA during the process of transcription.
  3. Information from DNA in a cell's nucleus to the cell's cytoplasm is carried by mRNA.
  4. The mRNA sequence is read by the protein-making machinery in the cytoplasm.

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