small nucleolar ribonucleic acid

small nucleolar ribonucleic acid

[‚smȯl nü‚klē·ə·lər ‚rī·bō·nü‚klē·ik ′as·əd] (cell and molecular biology) A type of antisense ribonucleic acid (RNA) that mediates site-specific cleavage and modification of ribosomal RNA precursors. Abbreviated snoRNA.