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Definition 2024

anticodon

anticodon

See also: anticodón and anticódon

English

Noun

anticodon ‎(plural anticodons)

(genetics) A 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

Translations

sequence of three nucleotides

Finnish: antikodoni
French: anticodon (fr) m

Portuguese: anticodão m (Portugal), anticódon m (Brazil)
Spanish: anticodón m