pre-messenger RNA
What pre-messenger RNA means in Biology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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The molecule into which introns are transcribed along with exons, before they are removed by splicing.
Produced when RNA polymerase copies the whole gene, exons and introns alike.
Topics that use pre-messenger RNA
- DNA, genes and chromosomes (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- alleles
- base sequence
- chromatin
- circular organelle DNA
- crossing over
- degenerate code
- endosymbiotic theory
- functional RNA
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