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tRNA
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tRNA
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transfer RNA
tRNA
Abbreviation of transfer RNA
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Noun1.tRNAtRNA - RNA molecules present in the cell (in at least 20 varieties, each variety capable of combining with a specific amino acid) that attach the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA)
acceptor RNA, soluble RNA, transfer RNA
ribonucleic acid, RNA - (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell; "ribonucleic acid is the genetic material of some viruses"


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11:00 SIZE IDENTIFICATION OF AMINOACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES FROM PLANTS
Cellular, molecular and developmental biology by Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences
Therefore, an RNA-only-based protein synthesis system would require a set of RNA molecules capable of synthesizing aminoacyl-RNAs, which are produced by the protein aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases in extant biology.
Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Biology by Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences
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