English Explanatory Dictionary

hairpin transfer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Transfer of genetic information from a strand of nucleic acid that terminates in a hairpin ribozyme by first detaching one side of the base of the hairpin, so that the hairpin is flattened out before making the RNA copy.

Word forms

hairpin transfer hairpin transfers
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