Substances can move into and out of cells through the cell membrane. The three main types of movement are diffusion, osmosis and active transport. 1  1. 2  2. 3  3. 4  4.
Definition. noun. Abbreviated form for messenger ribonucleic acid, the type of RNA that codes for the chemical blueprint for a protein (during protein synthesis). Supplement. In prokaryotes, mRNA is produced by splicing a large primary transcript from a DNA sequence.
Messenger RNA (mRNA) A strand of messenger RNA being translated. Messenger RNA (or mRNA) has the main role in transcription, or the first step in making a protein from a DNA blueprint. The mRNA is made up of nucleotides found in the nucleus that come together to make a complementary sequence to the DNA found there.