Deoxyribonucleic acid and ribonucleic acid

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Modeling - Ribonucleic acid of X organism

Pattern:

• Ribonucleic acid of X organism (substance)

For example,

• Ribonucleic acid of Norovirus genogroup I (substance)

Preferred Term (US/GB) with initial letter case sensitive:

Pattern:

• X organism RNA

For example,

• Norovirus genogroup I

Pattern: A synonym that matches FSN

For example,

• Ribonucleic acid of Norovirus genogroup I

Additional synonyms (when a legitimate synonym exists for Organism name) are applicable.

The following illustrates the stated and inferred view:

Pattern:

• Ribosomal ribonucleic acid of X organism (substance)

For example,

• Ribosomal ribonucleic acid of Candida (substance)

Preferred Term, with Initial letter case sensitive.

Pattern:

• X organism rRNA

For example,

• Candida rRNA

Pattern:

• A synonym that matches FSN

For example,

• Ribosomal ribonucleic acid of Candida

Additional synonyms (when a legitimate synonym exists for Organism name) are applicable.

The following illustrates the stated and inferred view:

Pattern: Messenger ribonucleic acid of X organism (substance)

For example,

• Messenger ribonucleic acid of Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (substance)

Preferred Term, with Initial letter case sensitive.

Pattern: X organism mRNA

For example,

• SARS-CoV-2 mRNA

Pattern: A synonym that matches FSN

For example,

• Messenger ribonucleic acid of Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

Additional synonyms (when a legitimate synonym exists for Organism name) are applicable.

Stated and inferred view of 1119343008 |Messenger ribonucleic acid of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (substance)|:

Pattern: Messenger ribonucleic acid of X organism encoding for protein Y (substance)

For example,

• Messenger ribonucleic acid of Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 encoding spike protein (substance)

Preferred Term, with Initial letter case sensitive.

Pattern: X organism mRNA encoding for protein Y

For example,

• SARS-CoV-2 mRNA encoding spike protein

Pattern: A synonym that matches FSN

For example,

• Messenger ribonucleic acid of Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 encoding spike protein (substance)

Additional synonyms (when a legitimate synonym exists for Organism name) are applicable.

Stated and inferred view of 1155866009 |Messenger ribonucleic acid of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 encoding spike protein (substance)|.

Pattern: Deoxyribonucleic acid of X organism (substance)

For example,

• Deoxyribonucleic acid of Aspergillus terreus (substance)

Preferred Term (US/GB), with Initial letter case sensitive:

Pattern: X organism DNA

For example,

• Aspergillus terreus DNA

Pattern: A synonym that matches FSN

For example,

• Deoxyribonucleic acid of Aspergillus terreus

Additional synonyms (when a legitimate synonym exists for Organism name) are applicable.

The following illustrates the stated and inferred view: