Term Name: mRNA binding
Synonyms: base pairing with mRNA
Definition: Binding to messenger RNA (mRNA), an intermediate molecule between DNA and protein. mRNA includes UTR and coding sequences, but does not contain introns.
Ontology: GO: Molecular Function [GO:0003729]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: RNA binding
has subtype: iron-responsive element binding mRNA 3'-UTR binding mRNA 5'-UTR binding mRNA base-pairing translational repressor activity mRNA cap binding mRNA CDS binding selenocysteine insertion sequence binding sequence-specific mRNA binding triplet codon-amino acid adaptor activity
inverse has_part: mRNA regulatory element binding translation repressor activity
positively regulated by: positive regulation of mRNA binding
regulated by: regulation of mRNA binding