codon
pronunciation
How to pronounce codon in British English:
UK ['kəʊdɒn]
How to pronounce codon in American English:
US ['koʊdɒn]
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- Noun:
- a specific sequence of three adjacent bases on a strand of DNA or RNA that provides genetic code information for a particular amino acid
Word Origin
- codon (n.)
- 1962, from code (n.) + -on.
Example
- 1. On the benefits and evolution of codon usage bias .
- 2. Indicating the position of termination codon .
- 3. Terminator codon mutation or elongation mutation .
- 4. The codon that marks the start of translation .
- 5. Corresponding to three different start positions for the first codon .