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Transfer RNA (tRNA)

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Transfer RNA (tRNA) is a type of RNA molecule that helps decode a messenger RNA (mRNA) sequence into a protein during the process of translation in the cell's cytoplasm. It carries specific amino acids to the ribosome, where they are added to the growing polypeptide chain according to the sequence specified by mRNA.

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