codon
Pronunciation: /kɔ.dɔ̃/
“codon” is a French word. Its meaning in English:
noun
In French
- Triplet de nucléotides (adénine, cytosine, uracile ou guanine de l'acide ribonucléique messager) entrant dans la composition d'un acide nucléique, et désigné par les initiales des trois bases correspondantes (bases puriques ou pyrimidiques).
Etymology
From English.
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More French words
- codolétien
- codomaine
- codominance
- codominer
- codon de terminaison
- codon d’arrêt
- codon d’initiation
- codon non sens
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