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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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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- noun genetics A sequence of three
nucleotides intransfer RNA that binds to thecomplementary triplet (codon ) inmessenger RNA to specify anamino acid duringprotein synthesis
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It also contains a three base region called the anticodon that can base pair to the corresponding three base codon region on mRNA.
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It also contains a three base region called the anticodon that can base pair to the corresponding three base codon region on mRNA.
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Put more plainly, 75% of tested amino acids associate with their anticodon (in some cases, along with their codon) in these studies.
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It is assumed here that this structure is the result of the hierarchical order of the interaction energies of the bases in codon – anticodon recognition.
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Triplet codon and anticodon sequences from amino acid-binding structures made of something very like RNA were used to build the genetic code.
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The ribosome thus serves as a molecular fossil, preserving biological evidence that anticodon-amino acid interactions shaped the evolution of the genetic code.
Two analyses of Meyer's "Signature in the Cell" - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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Ribosomal anticodon-amino acid enrichment further reveals that specific codons were reassigned during code evolution, and that the code evolved through a two-stage transition from ancient amino acids without anticodon interaction to newer additions with anticodon interaction.
Two analyses of Meyer's "Signature in the Cell" - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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In this reaction, the rules of the genetic code are established by virtue of linking each amino acid with the tRNA that bears the cognate anticodon triplet.
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Instead this constant association eventually, thru a succession of events outlined in Part IV, results in the trailing AUU becoming a Ile codon, and the leading UAU an anticodon to the current AUA Ile codon.
Signature in the Cell: self-contradiction and repetition - The Panda's Thumb 2009
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In Fig. 7a, the presence of the entire surrounding ‘DRT’ is required for binding, not just the codon/anticodon.
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