anticodon

See also: anticodón and anticódon

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ codon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌæntiˈkəʊdɒn/, /ˌæntaɪ-/
• Hyphenation: an‧ti‧co‧don

Noun

anticodon (plural anticodons)

1. (genetics) A sequence of three nucleotides in transfer RNA that binds to the complementary triplet (codon) in messenger RNA to specify an amino acid during protein synthesis.

Translations

sequence of three nucleotides

Chinese: Mandarin: 反密碼子 / 反密码子 (zh) (fǎnmìmǎzǐ) Finnish: antikodoni French: anticodon (fr) m Maori: pūihokarihi-kōaro Polish: antykodon m Portuguese: anticodão m (Portugal), anticódon m (Brazil) Spanish: anticodón m