"anticodon" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌæntiˈkəʊdɒn/, /ˌæntaɪ-/ Forms: anticodons [plural]
Etymology: From anti- + codon. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|anti|codon}} anti- + codon Head templates: {{en-noun}} anticodon (plural anticodons)
  1. (genetics) 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. Categories (topical): Genetics Translations (sequence of three nucleotides): 反密碼子 /反密码子 (fǎnmìmǎzǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), antikodoni (Finnish), anticodon [masculine] (French), pūihokarihi-kōaro (Maori), anticodão [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), anticódon [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), anticodón [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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