RNA editing


The process by which messenger RNA (mRNA) is modified (edited) after it is synthesized before it is translated into protein.

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    The key intermediary in gene expression, which translates the DNA’s genetic code into the amino acids that make up proteins. Abbreviated mRNA.


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