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Codon

National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)

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Abstract

A codon is a trinucleotide sequence of DNA or RNA that corresponds to a specific amino acid.T he genetic code describes the relationship between the sequence of DNA bases (A, C, G, and T ) in a gene and the corresponding protein sequence that it encodes.T he cell reads the sequence of the gene in groups of three bases.T here are 64 different codons: 61 specify amino acids while the remaining three are used as stop signals.

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APA 7

(NHGRI), N. H. G. R. I. (2019). Codon. Definitions. https://doi.org/10.32388/749043

MLA 9

(NHGRI), National Human Genome Research Institute. “Codon.” Definitions, 2019, https://doi.org/10.32388/749043.

Chicago

(NHGRI), National Human Genome Research Institute. 2019. “Codon.” Definitions. https://doi.org/10.32388/749043.

Harvard

(NHGRI), N.H.G.R.I. (2019) ‘Codon’, Definitions. Available at: https://doi.org/10.32388/749043.

BibTeX

@article{nhgri2019codon,
  title = {{Codon}},
  author = {(NHGRI), National Human Genome Research Institute},
  journal = {Definitions},
  year = {2019},
  doi = {10.32388/749043}
}

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