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trna

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from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun 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)

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hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. RNA
  2. ribonucleic acid

same context (11)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. cell-adhesion
  2. cell-specific
  3. costimulatory
  4. globin
  5. light-sensitive
  6. opsin
  7. pleiotropic
  8. primary-response
  9. side chain
  10. signal-transduction
  11. triatomic

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