See also:
A
molecule which consists of the
nitrogenous base uracil linked to the
sugar ribose and which has a chain of three
phosphate groups attached to the
ribose in a linear fashion. UTP is required during
transcription since it is a direct
precursor of
RNA.
From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.