Could someone explain to me what both Messenger RNA and Transfer RNA are?
Messenger RNA or mRNA is a sequence of ribonucleic acids that encode for protein. Transfer RNA is a sequence of ribonucleic acids that are covalently bound to a particular amino acid. For example, Cysteinyl tTNA will be the tRNA that is loaded (charged) with a Cysteine amino acid residue. So at the rRNA or Ribosomal RNA, the mRNA is loaded and forms a template, the tRNA’s are then selectively engaged by the rRNA to select for the right amino acid that matches the template in the mRNA. This is a very gross oversimplification of the process and the RNA sequences here are never just RNA, there are many proteins that are associated with each type. Hope this helps. Wikipedia is good but sometimes it is difficult to see the forest though all the trees.
