trna

IPA: tɛrnʌ

Root Word: tRNA

(biochemistry) Initialism of transfer RNA. [(biochemistry) A short-chain version of RNA that transfers individual amino acids to ribosomes during protein synthesis.]
Alternative form of tRNA

Examples of "trna" in Sentences

No tRNA can recognize or bind to this codon.
For every codon there's a different tRNA molecule.
May move from one tRNA locus to another or be deleted.
protein synthesis 2 - mrna trna in ribosome - medical anim
Organisms vary in the number of tRNA genes in their genome.
A second tRNA is brought into the ribosome by the elongation factor.
At this time, tRNA records are not maintained in our database system.
A tRNA charged with methionine binds to the translation start signal.
This leads to mischarging of the tRNA by a chemically related amino acid.
The secondary structure of this RNA element is a cloverleaf that resembles tRNA.
This enzyme participates in cysteine metabolism and aminoacyl trna biosynthesis.