codon

IPA: kˈɑdʌn

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.

Examples of "codon" in Sentences

An amino acid encoding codon is absolutely meaningless in isolation.
A sequence of three of these letters, called a codon, code for an amino acid.
A typical example of a DNA codon is GCC, which encodes the amino acid Alanine.
Three nitrogenous bases are called a codon, and each codon codes for one amino acid.
In DNA and RNA, individual amino acids are encoded by a set of three bases called a codon.
Whereas a digital byte is mostly 8 binary digits, a DNA byte (called a codon) has three digits.
It is assumed here that this structure is the result of the hierarchical order of the interaction energies of the bases in codon – anticodon recognition.
People with a so-called codon 13 mutation of KRAS lived a median of 7.6 months, and lived four months before their tumors progressed, while taking a combination of Erbitux and chemotherapy, the researchers found.