Ribonucleic Acid

**Semantic type:** Nucleic Acid, Nucleoside, or Nucleotide

**Definition:** Single-stranded long chain of nucleotides containing ribose. It is the end product of DNA transcription by the enzyme RNA polymerase. It is essential in protein synthesis.

**Synonyms:** - RNA - RNA - RNA - RNA - RNA - Ribonucleic acid - ribonucleic acid