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Chapter 17: Q. 17.33 (page 596)

What are the three different types of RNA?

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Protein synthesis requires three different forms of RNA. Messenger RNA (mRNA), transfer RNA (tRNA), and ribosomal RNA are the three types of RNA (rRNA)

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01

Introduction

There are three types of RNA.

(1) Ribonucleic acid (r RNA)

(2) RNA messenger (m RNA)

(3) RNA transfer (t RNA)

02

Explanation

  • The instructions are sent from the nucleus to the cytoplasm via messenger RNA (mRNA).
  • Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) and transfer RNA (tRNA), the other two types of RNA, are important in the process of arranging amino acids to produce proteins.

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