What type of RNA has the shortest lifetime in cells?

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What type of RNA has the shortest lifetime in cells?

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Ribonucleic acid [RNA] is a mediator that passes the genetic information from Deoxyribonucleic acid [DNA] to proteins. RNA is synthesized by transcription process a DNA strands transcribes the RNA complementary to its nucleic acid sequence. In human there are three types of RNA:

  1. Messenger RNA [m-RNA]
  2. Transfer RNA [t-RNA]
  3. Ribosomal RNA [r-RNA]
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