Messenger RNA
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Example:
Imagine you're at a restaurant, and you need to send your order from your table to the kitchen. This situation is similar to how messenger RNA (mRNA) works in a cell. Just as your server delivers the exact details of your order from the table (your DNA in the nucleus) to the kitchen (the cytoplasm), mRNA carries the genetic instructions from the DNA to the cytoplasm so proteins can be made. In this analogy, the menu is like the DNA, the server acts as the mRNA, and the chefs in the kitchen are like the ribosomes that read the instructions to prepare your meal, or in cellular terms, synthesize proteins.
Practice Version
Messenger RNA: RNA that transfers information from DNA in the nucleus to the cytoplasm, to make proteins. messenger RNA. Messenger RNA mRNA is a molecule that carries genetic instructions from DNA to the cell's protein-making machinery.