anticodon

anticodon definition - medical

an·ti·co·don (ănˌtē-kōˈdŏn, ănˌtī-)

noun
A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides in tRNA designating a specific amino acid that binds to a corresponding codon in mRNA during protein synthesis.

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