- Institution/s: Universidad de Alicante, Universidad de Saarbrücken, Universidad de Valladolid
- Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
- Identification number: 168
- Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
- Author/s: Augustine Edith EMENE, Gloria GONZÁLEZ-CALERO, Rosa María FERRERAS LOZANO, Sergio GONZÁLEZ GIL
- Creation / modification date: 01-02-2014
- Term: codon
- Gramatical category: s
- Definition: A group of three RNA or DNA bases that encodes a single amino acid.
- Context: If it took two bases to make a codon, then there would be 42 possible combinations of two bases for 16 possible amino acids, which is still not enough.
- Weighting mark: nor
- Sources:
- Term: LODISH, H., DARNELL, J.E. (1e Ed) (1997): Biologie moléculaire de la cellule. De Boeck
- Definition: LODISH, H., DARNELL, J.E. (1e Ed) (1997): Biologie moléculaire de la cellule. De Boeck
- Context: LODISH, H., DARNELL, J.E. (1e Ed) (1997): Biologie moléculaire de la cellule. De Boeck
- Expression: Université de Paris 5 « Terminologie du génie génétique ». disponible sur : http://www.dsi.univ-paris5.fr/bio2/dico/termes-recommandes.htm, [Récupéré le 10 Janvier 2014].
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