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Glossary Term
Glossary Term RNA
Definition Ribonucleic acid. A nucleic acid that is the primary product of gene expression. Chemically, it differs from DNA by the substitution of ribose for deoxyribose in the sugar-phosphate backbone and by the substitution of the base uracil for thymine. See the Figure at NHGRI.
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MGI 5.21 		The Jackson Laboratory