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transfer RNA, [Genetics.]
  1. Geneticsa small RNA molecule, consisting of a strand of nucleotides folded into a clover-leaf shape, that picks up an unattached amino acid within the cell cytoplasm and conveys it to the ribosome for protein synthesis.[Abbr.:]tRNA
  • 1960–65

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
transfer RNA
  1. any of several soluble forms of RNA of low molecular weight, each of which transports a specific amino acid to a ribosome during protein synthesis
    See also messenger RNA, genetic code
'transfer RNA' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Berg - RNA - anticodon - genetic code - messenger RNA - protein synthesis - t-RNA - tRNA - triplet

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