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Chapter 15, Problem 5U
An anticodon would be found on which of the following types of RNA?
a. snRNA (small nuclear RNA)
b. mRNA (messenger RNA)
c. tRNA (transfer RNA)
d. rRNA (ribosomal RNA)
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