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Definition of Anticodon
1. Noun. (genetics) A sequence of three nucleotides in transfer RNA that binds to the complementary triplet (codon) in messenger RNA to specify an amino acid during protein synthesis ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anticodon
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Anticodon
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Anticodon
Literary usage of Anticodon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"If a simple hydrogen-bonded association of codon and anticodon is the basis of
tRNA recognition, how can these two proteins influence the error frequency of ..."
2. Gene Expression in Algae and Fungi Including Yeast: Bibliography January by Janet Saunders, Robert D. Warmbrodt (2001)
"... pre-tRNAs leads to a distortion of the potential ¡ntron-anticodon interaction.
In order to demonstrate that this caused the reduced splicing efficiency, ..."
3. Gene Expression in Field Crops: Bibliography January 1991-November 1992 edited by Janet Saunders, Robert D. Warmbrodt (1995)
"Another mutation in the intron, which restored the base-pairing between the amber
anticodon and the intron of pre- tRNA(Tyr) resulted in an excellent ..."
4. Visualizing Chemistry: The Progress and Promise of Advanced Chemical Imaging by National Research Council (U.S.) (2006)
"Nonsense suppressors are produced by tethering a nonnatural amino acid to a
stop (or "nonsense") anticodon in tRNA. As a result, the stop codon in an mRNA ..."
5. Crossing Over: The Basics of Evolution : Workbook for Teachers by Edith Dempster (2006)
"... (the anticodon) where it attaches itself to an mRNA molecule. At the opposite
side of the molecule is a site where tRNA combines with an amino acid. ..."
6. Inside the Cell by Maya Pines (1990)
"This small molecule is a connector: one end carries three nucleotides, known as
the "anticodon," which will join to a codon in the mRNA according to the ..."
7. A Bibliography on Computational Molecular Biology and Geneticsby Sarah Barron, Matthew Witten, Gongxian Liu by Sarah Barron, Matthew Witten, Gongxian Liu (1992)
"[784] HATFIELD, D., AND EMERSON, CP Aminoacyl-tRNA (anticodon):codon adaptation
in human and rabbit reticulocytes. Biochem. Int. 13 (1986), 835-842. ..."
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