Term Name: ribonucleic acid
Synonyms: pentosenucleic acids, ribonucleic acid, ribonucleic acids, Ribonukleinsaeure, ribose nucleic acid, RNA, RNS, yeast nucleic acid
Definition: High molecular weight, linear polymers, composed of nucleotides containing ribose and linked by phosphodiester bonds; RNA is central to the synthesis of proteins.
Ontology: ChEBI [CHEBI:33697]  ( EBI )

Relationships
is a type of: nucleic acid
has subtype: alpha-aminoacyl-tRNA CRISPR RNA double-stranded RNA messenger RNA precursor messenger RNA ribosomal RNA RNA(n)-3'-adenine ribonucleotide polyanion RNA(n)-3'-uridine ribonucleotide polyanion rRNA containing 2'-O-methyladenosine rRNA containing 2'-O-methylguanosine rRNA containing 2'-O-methyluridine rRNA containing C(5)-methyluridine rRNA containing N(2)-methylguanine rRNA containing N(3)-methylpseudouridine rRNA containing N(3)-methyluridine rRNA containing N(4)-methylcytosine rRNA containing N(7)-methylguanine small nuclear RNA small nucleolar RNA telomeric repeat-containing RNA transfer RNA tRNA threonylcarbamoyladenosine
has_part: canonical ribonucleoside residue canonical ribonucleotide residue