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A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | Copyright

codon A triplet sequence of nucleotides in messenger-RNA that acts as a coding unit for an amino acid during protein synthesis. It binds by base pairing to a complementary sequence, the anticodon, in transfer-RNA.

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