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Classes of RNA
| mRNA | serve as the intermediary that passes information from DNA to protein |
| functional RNA | does not encode information to make protein. Instead, the RNA itself is the final functional product. |
| tRNA | molecules are responsible for bringing the correct amino acid to the mRNA in the process of translation |
| rRNA | large macromolecular machines that guide the assembly of the amino acid chain by the mRNAs and tRNAs |
| Small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs) | are part of a system that further processes RNA transcripts in eukaryotic cells |
| MicroRNAs (miRNAs) | regulating the amount of protein produced by many eukaryotic genes |
| Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) | prevent the spread of transposable elements to other chromosomal loci |
| Long noncoding RNAs(lncRNAs) | transcribed from most regions of the genomes of humans and other animals and plants |