Codon

Related Terms:

synthesis handbell frameshift mutation frameshift translate translation codons slippery sequence tricodon adjacent septanucleotide intracodon hexanucleotide monk octanucleotide heptanucleotide open reading frame flaring amino acid tetranucleotide anticodon reading frame covarion intercodon sequence collinearity dicodon nonanucleotide pentanucleotide decanucleotide bell nucleotide monocodonic dodecanucleotide encode deduced amino acid sequence protein homocodon trinucleotide trumpet specific use mouth on start codon nonsense mutation summon dna sequence

Definitions:

Noun

codon

Definition: 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

Definition: A handbell used for summoning monks.

Definition: A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis or translation.