Synonym(s)
Code triplet
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The codon is a sequence of 3 nucleotides in an mRNA. The respective sequences are responsible for the incorporation of an amino acid into a polypeptide. Of the 64 possible codons only 61 code for 20 amino acids. The remaining 3 codons serve as stop signals for the translation (stop codons)
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