n :  RNA or a segment of RNA that is composed of a polynucleotide chain consisting entirely of adenine-containing nucleotides and that codes for polylysine when functioning as messenger RNA in protein synthesis - called also polyadenylate , polyadenylic acid  .
 
 
 
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