stop codon
English
Noun
stop codon (plural stop codon)
- (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.
Hypernyms
Translations
codon that instructs protein synthesis to stop
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