stop codon

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

nonsense codon

nonsense triplet

termination codon

terminator codon

Translations

codon d’arrêt

codón de parada

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