codon
codon
Definition
☆ co·don (kō′dän′)
noun
a small group of chemical units, consisting of a sequence of three nucleotides, that codes the incorporation of a specific small group of amino acids into a protein molecule during the synthesis of the protein; codons are present in DNA and RNA
Etymology: cod(e) + -on, as in proton
codon
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- stop: By default, only the start and stop codons at the beginnings and ends of open reading frames are shown in the frame display.
- introduce: The second mutation introduces a premature stop codon in the mature protein 34.
- translate: Normally, a pipe character is put between a codon and an amino acid when the translated codon is identical to the amino acid.
Preposition: in
- frame: The Rare Codon Display Rare codons in each reading frame are marked below the open reading frame plot.
Adjective modifier
- premature: The second mutation introduces a premature stop codon in the mature protein 34.
- rare: In both plots, the positions of rare codons are indicated by dots above each translation frame.
- potential: Output Potential start codons are written only in lowercase letters.
- possible: The output table is a file with the sum of all the observations for each of the 64 possible codons.
- first: We recommend that gene sequences be numbered so that the first base of the first codon is numbered zero.
Modifies a noun
- usage: This is called the ' codon usage ' of the organism.
- frequency: You also can create or modify a codon frequency table with a text editor.
- preference: Helps identify genes when you do not have specific knowledge of codon preference.
- bias: The human genes were extensively adjusted for codon bias.
- table: You also can create or modify a codon frequency table with a text editor.
- statistic: ACKNOWLEDGMENT [ Previous | Top | Next ] The codon preference statistic comes from Gribskov et al.
Noun used with modifier
- initiation: The coding region begins with the initiation codon, which is normally ATG.
- termination: It ends with one of three termination codons: TAA, TAG or TGA.
- stop: The second mutation introduces a premature stop codon in the mature protein 34.
- start: Mark start codons - color can be changed in the options file.
- translation: The glycoprotein gene has a translation stop codon in the middle of it, preventing the synthesis of the full length protein.
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