"transfer RNA" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: transfer RNAs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} transfer RNA (countable and uncountable, plural transfer RNAs)
  1. (biochemistry) A short-chain version of RNA that transfers individual amino acids to ribosomes during protein synthesis. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: tRNA [abbreviation] Coordinate_terms: messenger RNA Translations (short-chain RNA): ARN de transferència [masculine] (Catalan), siirtäjä-rna (Finnish), transfer-RNA [feminine] (German), tRNA [neuter] (Polish), ARN de transferencia [masculine] (Spanish), taşıyıcı RNA (Turkish)

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