maternal messenger ribonucleic acid

maternal messenger ribonucleic acid

[mə¦tərn·əl ¦mes·ən·jər ‚rī·bō·nü¦klē·ik ′as·əd] (cell and molecular biology) In certain oocytes, messenger ribonucleic acid that is stored during oogenesis for translation during early embryogenesis. Also known as masked messenger ribonucleic acid.