English Explanatory Dictionary

anticodon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

/ˌæntiˈkəʊdɒn/ /ˌæntaɪ-/

Word forms

anticodon anticodons

Etymology

From anti- + codon.

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