FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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General Information

Term

mRNA

ID (Ontology)

SO:0000234 (Sequence Ontology)

Definition

Messenger RNA is the intermediate molecule between DNA and protein. It includes UTR and coding sequences. It does not contain introns.

Also Known As

"INSDC_feature:mRNA" ; "messenger RNA" ; "protein_coding_transcript"

Comment

Links to External Ontologies

SO.org

Annotations

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Transcripts (FBtr)	FEATURE_TYPE

Full annotation statements including this term (annotations to child terms are NOT included), and relevant FlyBase records

Full annotation statements	Relevant FlyBase reports
Full annotation statements	Transcripts
mRNA (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

  transcript
   |__mature_transcript
       |__mRNA  137451 rec.
           |__attenuator
           |__capped_mRNA
           |__circular_mRNA 11 rec.
           |__consensus_mRNA
           |__edited_mRNA
           |__exemplar_mRNA
           |__monocistronic_mRNA
           |__mRNA_region 106713 rec.
           |   |__CDS(+)
           |   |__CDS_region(+)
           |   |__five_prime_open_reading_frame
           |   |__recoding_stimulatory_region(+)
           |   |__ribosome_entry_site(+)
           |   |__riboswitch
           |   |__RNA_thermometer
           |   |__translational_frameshift(+)
           |   |__UTR(+) 106713 rec.
           |   |__UTR_region(+)
           |__mRNA_with_frameshift
           |   |__mRNA_with_minus_1_frameshift
           |   |__mRNA_with_minus_2_frameshift
           |   |__mRNA_with_plus_1_frameshift
           |   |__mRNA_with_plus_2_frameshift
           |__NSD_transcript
           |__polyadenylated_mRNA
           |__polycistronic_mRNA
           |   |__dicistronic_mRNA
           |__recoded_mRNA
           |   |__mRNA_recoded_by_codon_redefinition
           |   |__mRNA_recoded_by_translational_bypass
           |__riboswitch
           |__RNA_thermometer
           |__trans_spliced_mRNA

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Relationships
Is a	mature_transcript
Part of
Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"INSDC_feature:mRNA" EXACT "messenger RNA" EXACT "protein_coding_transcript" EXACT
Secondary IDs

External Crossreferences & Linkouts
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MRNA "wiki" http://www.gencodegenes.org/gencode_biotypes.html "GENCODE"