- messenger RNA
- these nucleotide sequences lead protein sequence after being transcribed from DNA

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Types of RNA

Voet, D., Voet, J. G., & Pratt, C. W. (2013). Chapter 24: Nucleic Acid Structure. In Fundamentals of biochemistry: Life at the molecular level (4th ed., pp. 821-861). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. Retrieved April 4, 2021, from archive.org.

Fundamental of biochemistry: Life of the molecular level 4th edition: Chapter 24

Voet, D., Voet, J. G., & Pratt, C. W. (2013). Chapter 26: Transcription and RNA Processing. In Fundamentals of biochemistry: Life at the molecular level (4th ed., pp. 919-957). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. Retrieved April 4, 2021, from archive.org.

Fundamental of biochemistry: Life of the molecular level 4th edition: Chapter 26

rRNA , or ribosomal RNA, makes up over half of ribosome (around 2/3) and is involved in translating mRNA to proteins. 

rRNA 

tRNA or transfer RNA, brings amino acids to ribosomes to assemble them into proteins

tRNA 

mRNA

Non coding RNA regulates gene expression and processes new RNA molecules

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