codon

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Hyponyms 1.1.2 Meronyms 1.1.3 Translations 1.2 See also 1.3 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Etymology 2.3 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Noun

codon (plural codons)

Wikipedia

1. (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.

[edit] Hyponyms

• stop codon

[edit] Meronyms

• nucleotide

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[edit] See also

• anti-codon

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: cdnoo
• condo
• no-doc

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɔ.dɔ̃/

[edit] Etymology

From English

[edit] Noun

codon m. (plural codons)

1. (biochemistry) codon