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co·don

 (kō′dŏn′)
n.
A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides constituting the genetic code that determines the insertion of a specific amino acid in a polypeptide chain during protein synthesis or the signal to stop protein synthesis.

[cod(e) + -on.]
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codon

(ˈkəʊdɒn)
n
1. (Genetics) genetics biochem a unit that consists of three adjacent bases on a DNA molecule and that determines the position of a specific amino acid in a protein molecule during protein synthesis
2. (Biochemistry) genetics biochem a unit that consists of three adjacent bases on a DNA molecule and that determines the position of a specific amino acid in a protein molecule during protein synthesis
[C20: from code + -on]
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co•don

(ˈkoʊ dɒn)

n.
a triplet of adjacent nucleotides in the messenger RNA chain that codes for a specific amino acid in the synthesis of a protein molecule. Compare anticodon.
[1960–65; code + -on1]
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Noun1.codon - a specific sequence of three adjacent nucleotides on a strand of DNA or RNA that specifies the genetic code information for synthesizing a particular amino acid
sequence - serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern; "the sequence of names was alphabetical"; "he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA"
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In the DNA sequence analysis, mutations known only in codon 194, 280, and 399, which are known in the literature, were detected from 17 exons.
We genotyped these three polymorphisms; (A) XPD C22541A at codon 156 of the exon 6, (B) XPD G23592A at codon 312 in the exon 10, and (C) XPD A35931C at codon 751 in the exon 23 from 350 patients with CC and 400 controls to evaluate their association with CC development in a population from Southwestern Maharashtra region of India.
Moreover, the result of the current study was exhibited that the frequency of polymorphism at codon 54 of the mannose binding lectin gene was essentially higher in the patients than in controls.
Codon usage bias (CUB) and RNA secondary structures (RSS) were analyzed for salt stress responsive (SSR) genes of Arabidopsis thaliana and Solanum lycopersicum.
Put simply, the RNA-based codon table is true, and the DNA-based one is too, but if you sequence genomic DNA and read from the DNA codon table you may not get the right answer.
Objective: To investigate TP53 gene codon 72 polymorphism in women with endometriosis and compare it with healthy samples.
Lee and Kwon presented consecutive DE multiple bit embedding (CDE-MBE) [17] and least-squares-based prediction error expansion (LS-PE) [18] of neighbor code values of noncoding DNA sequences while preventing a false start codon. They reported that LS-PE has 0.36 bits per nucleotide base (bpn) more than CDE-MBE [18].
'All these mutations target the initiation codon of methionine." As previously reported in EBS, immunostaining for keratin 14 is positive, outlining areas of cleavage within the basal cell layer of the skin.