stop codon

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

a sequence of three RNA nucleotides (A, C, G or U) that instruct the synthesis, or translation, of a protein to stop. The three-letter stop codon sequences have been given names: "UAG" is amber, "UGA" is opal, and "UAA" is ochre.

Συνώνυμα

nonsense codon

nonsense triplet

termination codon

terminator codon

Μεταφράσεις

codon d’arrêt

triplet

codon

codón de parada