am·ber co·don
the termination codon UAG.
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am·ber co·don
(am'bĕr kō'don) The termination codon UAG.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
amber codon
The three-nucleotide group UAG (uracil, adenine, guanine) that forms a stop CODON marking the point at which the synthesis of a protein ends. Two other codons, UAA and UGA, have the same function. One of these three codons marks the end of every gene.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
amber codon
a TERMINATION CODON of messenger RNA (UAG), the first translational stop signal discovered in the GENETIC CODE.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005