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A set of three nucleotides in a protein coding sequence that specifies individual amino acids or a termination signal (CODON, TERMINATOR). Most codons are universal, but some organisms do not produce the transfer RNAs (RNA, TRANSFER) complementary to all codons. These codons are referred to as unassigned codons (CODONS, NONSENSE).
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5 entry terms
- Codons
- Codon, Sense
- Sense Codon
- Codons, Sense
- Sense Codons
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.
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general or unspecified; prefer specifics
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91(75); was see under RNA, MESSENGER 1975-90
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Codon. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003062. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003062
- Codon. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codon
- Codon. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q165052