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hairpin transfer

The English word “hairpin transfer” has 1 meaning listed here.

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.
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