Genomic deoxyribonucleic acid is often abbreviated as gDNA.^[1] The genome of an organism (encoded by gDNA) is the biological information of heredity which is passed from one generation of organism to the next. That genome is transcribed^[2] to produce RNAs, which are necessary for the function of the organism. Some RNA is processed by splicing^[3] to remove introns, leaving the exons in the mature messenger RNA (mRNA). The mature mRNA may then be translated by the ribosome into protein.

[edit] References

v • d • e Types of nucleic acids Constituents Nucleobases · Nucleosides · Nucleotides · Deoxynucleotides Ribonucleic acids (coding and non-coding) translation: mRNA (pre-mRNA/hnRNA) · tRNA · rRNA · tmRNA regulatory: miRNA · siRNA · piRNA · aRNA RNA processing: snRNA · snoRNA other/ungrouped: gRNA · shRNA · stRNA · ta-siRNA Deoxyribonucleic acids cDNA · cpDNA · gDNA · msDNA · mtDNA Nucleic acid analogues GNA · LNA · PNA · TNA · morpholino Cloning vectors phagemid · plasmid · lambda phage · cosmid · P1 phage · fosmid · BAC · YAC · HAC Major families of biochemicals Saccharides/Carbohydrates/Glycosides · Amino acids/Peptides/Proteins/Glycoproteins · Lipids/Terpenes/Steroids/Carotenoids · Alkaloids/Nucleobases/Nucleic acids · Cofactors/Phenylpropanoids/Polyketides/Tetrapyrroles

This biology article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v • d • e