nucleotide triplet
1triplet — [ triplɛ ] n. m. • 1891; autre sens 1872; de triple 1 ♦ Opt. Combinaison de trois lentilles (microscopes, objectifs photographiques). ♢ Raie spectrale triple. 2 ♦ Math. Association ordonnée de trois éléments appartenant respectivement à trois… …
2triplet — n. [L. tres, three; plus, more] Three successive nucleotide base pairs that code for an amino acid …
3anticodon — Nucleotide triplet on transfer RNA that is complementary to the codon of the messenger RNA …
4Stop codon — In the genetic code, a stop codon (or termination codon) is a nucleotide triplet within messenger RNA that signals a termination of translation.[1] Proteins are based on polypeptides, which are unique sequences of amino acids. Most codons in… …
5RNA — Genetics. ribonucleic acid: any of a class of single stranded molecules transcribed from DNA in the cell nucleus or in the mitochondrion or chloroplast, containing along the strand a linear sequence of nucleotide bases that is complementary to… …
6cell — cell1 cell like, adj. /sel/, n. 1. a small room, as in a convent or prison. 2. any of various small compartments or bounded areas forming part of a whole. 3. a small group acting as a unit within a larger organization: a local cell of the… …
7Neurodegeneration — Classification and external resources Para sagittal MRI of the head in a patient with benign familial macrocephaly. ICD 10 G30 G32 …
8Open reading frame — (genetics) An open reading frame in DNA has no termination codon, no signal to stop reading the nucleotide sequence, and so may be translated into protein. * * * open read·ing frame rēd iŋ n a reading frame that does not contain a nucleotide… …
9degenerate code — The genetic code in which more than one nucleotide triplet codes for the same amino acid …
10tRNA — (= transfer RNA; s RNA; 4S RNA) The low molecular weight RNAs that specifically bind amino acids by amino acylation to form aminoacyl tRNA, and that possess a special nucleotide triplet, the anticodon, sometimes containing the base inosine. They… …
