The small RNA molecules, 73-80 nucleotides long, that function during translation (TRANSLATION, GENETIC) to align AMINO ACIDS at the RIBOSOMES in a sequence determined by the mRNA (RNA, MESSENGER). There are about 30 different transfer RNAs. Each recognizes a specific CODON set on the mRNA through its own ANTICODON and as aminoacyl tRNAs (RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACYL), each carries a specific amino acid to the ribosome to add to the elongating peptide chains.
    

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Transfer RNA / edited by Sidney Altman.

Structure and function of transfer RNA and 5S-RNA / edited by L.O. Fröholm and S.G. Laland.

Transfer RNA / edited by Paul R. Schimmel, Dieter Söll, John N. Abelson.

Nonsense mutations and tRNA suppressors / edited by J.E. Celis, J.D. Smith.

Toward the habit of truth : a life in science / Mahlon Hoagland.

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Transfer RNA / edited by Sidney Altman.

Structure and function of transfer RNA and 5S-RNA / edited by L.O. Fröholm and S.G. Laland.

Transfer RNA / edited by Paul R. Schimmel, Dieter Söll, John N. Abelson.

Nonsense mutations and tRNA suppressors / edited by J.E. Celis, J.D. Smith.

Toward the habit of truth : a life in science / Mahlon Hoagland.