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Meanings of codon in English

Russian
кодон
Portuguese
tripleto
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triplet
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codon

Sequence of nucleotide triplets which specify which amino acid will be added next during protein synthesis;codon consists of three nucleotides, usually corresponding to a single amino acid.

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      1
      A restriction site was present for analysis of the codon 41 mutation.
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      2
      Bacillus subtilis possesses three classes of genes, differing by their codon preference.
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      3
      Ribosome profiling provides the opportunity to evaluate translation kinetics at codon level resolution.
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      Also, codon context patterns vary among these species largely according to their phylogeny.
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      However, the stop codon is preceded by a run of 11 consecutive adenosines.
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      For example: the codon AAC makes asparagine, the codon GCA makes alanine, etc.
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      7
      The single-base pair mutation causes a frameshift, which results in premature stop codon.
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      The triplet codon repeats lead to heterochromatin-mediated gene silencing and loss of frataxin.
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      This duplication results in a frame shift and premature stop codon.
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      10
      A premature stop codon UGA appeared to be most responsive to PTC124 treatment.
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      11
      The alternative in-frame start codon is not present around a mutation.
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      12
      K-ras codon 12 mutations were detected using PCR followed by allele-specific oligonucleotide hybridization.
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      13
      Surprisingly, there is a strong negative correlation between codon usage and protein length.
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      RNA structural prediction showed the codon optimization removed two potential RNA pseudoknot structures.
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      15
      Protooncogene Ha-ras codon 12 mutations are frequently observed in thyroid cancers.
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      PDR prevalence was calculated by demographics and codon, stratifying by prior ARV experience.
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