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Anticodon

//ˌæntiˈkəʊdɒn// noun

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Noun
  1. 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.

Etymology

From anti- + codon.

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