Hairpin transfer

Noun

Definitions

1.NounTransfer 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.

Synonyms

hairpin translation tmrna reverse transcription rna splicing retrotransposition tetraloop retrotranscription transcript gene transcription lhrna cotransfer

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