mRNA

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Food Biotechnology

Susan Allender-Hagedorn and Charles Hagedorn — An Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Annotated Dictionary

Abbreviation for messenger RNA. The RNA molecule resulting from transcription of a protein -encoding gene, following any splicing (1). The information encoded in the mRNA molecule is translated into a gene product by the ribosomes.

UN Food and Agriculture Organization — Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture