Types of RNA

Messenger RNA

Transports genetic information from the nucleus to the cytosol

Transfer RNA

Reads mRNA and adds Amino Acida

Small nucleotide RNA

Involved in RNA splicing

MicroRNA

Regulates mRNA

Messenger RNA

Copies genetic information from DNA

and serves as a template for protein

synthesis

Ribosomal RNA

Contributes to the formation of

ribosomes which is the site of protein

synthesis

Transfer RNA

Adapter molecules that translate

mRNA into specific amino acids

Small nuclear RNA

Involved in RNA and mRNA processing

and gene regulation

Noncoding regulatory RNA

MicroRNA, Silencing RNA inhibits gene

expression

Noncoding regulatory RNA

Long noncoding RNA