Anticodon

noun

/ˌæntaɪ-/

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounA sequence of three nucleotides in transfer RNA that binds to the complementary triplet (codon) in messenger RNA to specify an amino acid during protein synthesis.

Synonyms

pairing codon homocodon isodecoder stop codon intercodon stopcodon initiation codon start codon termination codon acceptor recombinator

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