anticodon

noun

anticodon

noun

/ˌæntiˈkəʊdɒn/ · /ˌæntaɪ-/

Etymology From anti- + codon.

Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences 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.

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