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What is transfer RNA?

What is transfer RNA? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (biochemistry) A short-chain version of RNA that transfers individual amino acids to ribosomes during protein synthesis.
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These waves are emitted when these amino acids, carried by the transfer RNA, are gathering in order to form proteins.
Of these, a few are transcribed, including clusters of ribosomal RNA, transfer RNA, and histone genes.
During the manufacture of a protein, transfer RNA, also called tRNA, normally places an amino acid at the end of a growing chain of protein building blocks.
The defect was a substitution in a single DNA unit, or base, in a mitochondrial gene that coded for a transfer RNA molecule.
Codon bias allows mRNA transcripts to be translated more quickly and accurately through efficient use of the transfer RNA pool.
This conclusion was reached prior to the discovery of messenger RNA, transfer RNA, or the mechanism of translation.

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