Codon
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| Term | Codon |
| Short definition | codon - (pronounced) (KOH don) A sequence of three nucleotides in a strand of DNA or RNA. Each codon corresponds to a specific amino acid (a building block of a protein). |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
codon - (pronounced) (KOH don) A sequence of three nucleotides in a strand of DNA or RNA. Each codon corresponds to a specific amino acid (a building block of a protein). A protein consists of a long chain of amino acids. A codon can tell the cell to start forming a protein chain, add a specific amino acid to the growing protein chain, or end the protein chain. The complete set of codons is called the genetic code
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