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  • 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: SEYFFERT, Wilhelm (Hrsg.) (2003). Lehrbuch der Genetik. Berlin: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, 73.
    • Definition: SEYFFERT, Wilhelm (Hrsg.) (2003). Lehrbuch der Genetik. Berlin: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, 73.
    • Context: SCHAAF, Christian, ZSCHOCKE, Johannes (2008). Basiswissen Humangenetik. 2. Aufl. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 17.
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