Ribonucleic Acid
Ribonucleic Acid : Linear, usually single stranded, polymer of ribonucleotides, each containing the sugar ribose in association with a phosphate group and one of 4 nitrogenous bases: adenine, guanine, cytosine, or uracil: it encodes the information for the sequence of amino-acids in proteins synthesized using it as a template. Related term: deoxyribonucleic acid