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polyuridylic acid

noun poly·uri·dyl·ic acid \ˌpäl-ē-ˌyr-ə-ˌdil-ik-\

Medical Definition of POLYURIDYLIC ACID

:  RNA or a segment of RNA that is composed of a polynucleotide chain consisting entirely of uracil-containing nucleotides and that codes for a polypeptide chain consisting of phenylalanine residues when functioning as messenger RNA in protein synthesis—called also poly(U)

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