codon
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dɒn noun Genetics.
a triplet of adjacent nucleotides in the messenger RNA chain that codes for a specific amino acid in the synthesis of a protein molecule.
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| genetics, biochem a unit that consists of three adjacent bases on a DNA molecule and that determines the position of a specific amino acid in a protein molecule during protein synthesis | |
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Codon
is always a great word to know.
So is anaphase. Does it mean:
| type of point mutation in which a single nucleotide is substituted with a different nucleotide |
| the stage in mitosis or meiosis following metaphase in which the daughter chromosomes move away from each other to opposite ends of the cell. |
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Medical Dictionary
codon co·don (kō'dŏn')
n.
A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides constituting the genetic code that specifies the insertion of an amino acid in a specific structural position in a polypeptide chain during the synthesis of proteins.
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Science Dictionary
| codon (kō'dŏn') Pronunciation Key
A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides on a strand of a nucleic acid (such as DNA) that constitutes the genetic code for a specific amino acid that is to be added to a polypeptide chain during protein synthesis. Some amino acids are coded for by more than one codon, and some codons do not signal a particular amino acid but rather signal a stop to protein synthesis. |
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codon [(koh-don)]A group of three bases on the DNA molecule. Each codon determines the identity of one amino acid in proteins made by the cell.
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Example sentences
Tool to make nucleotide alignment to codon alignment.
But, with more codons than amino acids, many amino acids have more than one codon to describe them.
Some amino-acids are coded by a single triplet code, or codon.
Three such nucleotides-a group known as a codon-tell a cell which amino acids it should use while building a protein.
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