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The Vutara VXL is a benchtop optical microscope that's been optimized specifically for single-molecule localization. It uses ...

Transfer RNA (tRNA) then carries the appropriate amino acids into the ribosome for inclusion in the new protein. Meanwhile, the ribosomes themselves consist largely of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) molecules.