How to Use ribonucleic acid in a Sentence

ribonucleic acid

noun

• Ebola’s genetic code, or genome, is contained in a strand of ribonucleic acid, or RNA, that is coiled tightly in the core of the particle.
  — Richard Preston, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2019
• This is a new kind of vaccine, in which synthesized ribonucleic acid is used to provoke the immune response.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 8 May 2021
• Coronaviruses are RNA viruses, short for ribonucleic acid, which plays a role in the production of the body’s proteins.
  — Katie Camero, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2020
• To some biochemists, Hud’s attempts to find an evolutionary precursor to ribonucleic acid may have seemed a fool’s errand.
  — Quanta Magazine, 5 Feb. 2014
• There would be only a small following for ribonucleic acid (RNA), widely seen as a helpmeet molecule.
  — The Economist, 27 Mar. 2021
• Inside the capsule is a single strand of ribonucleic acid, or RNA, that encodes the genetic information to make new virus particles.
  — Patricia L. Foster, The Conversation, 13 Sep. 2019
• The company hopes to achieve that by harnessing the potential of an unusual ribonucleic acid that has a circular shape, unlike the more common RNA molecule which has a strand with two ends.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2021
• That liquid is then put into a machine that goes through hot and cold cycles to make multiple copies of the virus’ ribonucleic acid, which carries genetic information.
  — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2020
• That liquid is then put into a machine that goes through hot and cold cycles to make multiple copies of the virus’ ribonucleic acid (RNA), which carries genetic information.
  — Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2020
• The mechanism is a small piece of the genetic material called messenger ribonucleic acid.
  — Anne Saker, The Enquirer, 24 Nov. 2020
• An unproven delivery platform called mRNA – messenger ribonucleic acid, was waiting in the wings.
  — USA Today, 5 Mar. 2021
• At the center of each virus is its genetic fingerprint (the ribonucleic acid, pink), surrounded by a protective protein shell (the nucleocapsid, yellow).
  — Doug Criss, CNN, 28 Mar. 2018
• Scientists have discovered that the coronavirus is carried on RNA, or ribonucleic acid, the genetic material that the virus uses to replicate itself.
  — Grace Schneider, The Courier-Journal, 26 Mar. 2020
• The dominant theory to explain the origins of life — known as the RNA world hypothesis — regards ribonucleic acid as the first biological molecule.
  — Quanta Magazine, 5 Feb. 2014
• The mutations happen in the nucleotides, a component of the coronavirus’ RNA, or ribonucleic acid, which serves as a messenger carrying genetic instructions.
  — Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 18 May 2020
• Using evidence gathered from each of their fields, the experts began piecing together a vast universal puzzle, revealing new theories on the emergence of complex molecules such as RNA (ribonucleic acid).
  — Jill Kiedaisch, Popular Mechanics, 15 Jan. 2019
• Viruses constantly mutate, especially if their genetic material contains ribonucleic acid (RNA), as is the case with coronaviruses and influenza viruses.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024