Associations to the word «Codon»
Noun
- Cathode
- Abnormality
- Suppression
- Bacterium
- Specific
- Nonsense
- Cleavage
- Celestial
- Initiate
- Start
- Decay
- Blot
- Mt
- Chlorine
- Overlap
- Loop
- Susceptibility
- Stall
- Catfish
- Localization
- Optimization
- Subtype
- Correlation
- Tran
- Tu
- Clone
- Complex
- Amber
- Starvation
- Genetic
- Chain
- Cholera
- Pair
- Psi
- Genetics
- Helix
- Cocaine
- Enzyme
- Scan
- Interaction
- Char
- Domain
- Efficiency
- Hypothesis
- Terminus
- Degradation
- Base
- Mechanism
- Factor
- Transfer
- Recognition
- Hydrocarbon
- Assay
- Consensus
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
CODON, noun. (biochemistry) A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis, or translation. Three special codons, called "stop codons," signal protein synthesis to terminate.
Dictionary definition
CODON, noun. A specific sequence of three adjacent nucleotides on a strand of DNA or RNA that specifies the genetic code information for synthesizing a particular amino acid.
Wise words
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