plural of codon

A handbell used for summoning monks. / The "bell" or flaring mouth of a trumpet.

(biochemistry) A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis or translation.

plural of start codon

plural of initiation codon

plural of termination codon

The codon at which translation of mRNA into protein starts, encoding the first amino acid.

(biology, genetics, biochemistry) a sequence of three RNA nucleotides (A, C, G or U) that instruct the synthesis, or translation, of a protein to stop. The three-letter stop codon sequences have been given names: "UAG" is amber, "UGA" is opal, and "UAA" is ochre.

(genetics) A codon that signals the first amino acid to be used in the synthesis of the polypeptide chain of a protein; either AUG or GUG

Synonym of stop codon