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anticodon

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an·ti·co·don  (nt-kdn, nt-)
n.
A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides in transfer RNA that binds to a corresponding codon in messenger RNA and designates a specific amino acid during protein synthesis.
anticodon  (nt-kdn, nt-)
A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides in transfer RNA that binds to a corresponding codon in messenger RNA and designates a specific amino acid during protein synthesis.


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The researchers changed the anticodon in their new tRNA to match up with the UAG stop codon instead of the codon for glutamine.
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