codon
发音
How to pronounce codon in British English:
英 ['kəʊdɒn]
How to pronounce codon in American English:
美 ['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
单词词源
- codon (n.)
- 1962, from code (n.) + -on.
双语例句
- 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 .