Category:SO:0000234 ! mRNA

id: SO:0000234
name: mRNA
def: "Messenger RNA is the intermediate molecule between DNA and protein. It includes UTR and coding sequences. It does not contain introns." [SO:ma]
comment: An mRNA does not contain introns as it is a processed_transcript. The equivalent kind of primary_transcript is protein_coding_primary_transcript (SO:0000120) which may contain introns. This term is mapped to MGED. Do not obsolete without consulting MGED ontology.
subset: SOFA
synonym: "messenger RNA" EXACT []
xref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MRNA "wiki"
is_a: SO:0000233 ! mature_transcript

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