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Complete Definition of "codon"

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Noun
codon
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  1. biochemistry a sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis, or translation. Three special codons, called "stop codons," signal protein synthesis to terminate.

See also
anti-codon

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