septanucleotide

English

Etymology

From septa- +‎ nucleotide.

Noun

septanucleotide (plural septanucleotides)

1. (genetics) A codon containing seven nucleotides.
   • 1973, Sewell P. Champe, Phage, page 389:

     Further, the septanucleotides were not labeled by α-^32p-CTP while the unique 5' terminal oligonucleotide was not labeled by α-^32p-UTP.