TRANSFER RNA


Meaning of TRANSFER RNA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtran(t)s-ˌfər- ]

noun

Date: 1961

: a relatively small RNA that transfers a particular amino acid to a growing polypeptide chain at the ribosomal site of protein synthesis during translation — called also tRNA — compare messenger RNA

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