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Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides > Nucleic Acids > RNA > RNA, Transfer

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RNA, Transfer  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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  • Transfer RNA
  • tRNA

Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics; for suppressor transfer RNA coordinate with GENES, SUPPRESSOR or SUPPRESSION, GENETIC

Scope note

  • The small RNA molecules, 73-80 nucleotides long, that function during translation (TRANSLATION, GENETIC) to align AMINO ACIDS at the RIBOSOMES in a sequence determined by the mRNA (RNA, MESSENGER). There are about 30 different transfer RNAs. Each recognizes a specific CODON set on the mRNA through its own ANTICODON and as aminoacyl tRNAs (RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACYL), each carries a specific amino acid to the ribosome to add to the elongating peptide chains.

History note

  • 72; was RNA, SOLUBLE 1965-71

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