genetic code

genetic code

n.

The sequence of nucleotides in DNA or RNA that determines the specific amino acid sequence in the synthesis of proteins. It is the biochemical basis of heredity and nearly universal in all organisms.

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genetic coding n.

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genetic code

Noun

Biochem the order in which the four nucleic acid bases of DNA are arranged in the molecule for transmitting genetic information to the cells

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genetic code  (j-ntk)

The sequence of nucleotides in DNA and RNA that serve as instructions for synthesizing proteins. The genetic code is based on an "alphabet" consisting of sixty-four triplets of nucleotides called codons. The order in which codons are strung together determines the order in which the amino acids for which they code are arranged in a protein.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

genetic code - the ordering of nucleotides in DNA molecules that carries the genetic information in living cells ordering, ordination, order - logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation" triplet code - the normal version of the genetic code in which a sequence of three nucleotides codes for the synthesis of a specific amino acid