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anticodon

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anticodon /an·ti·co·don/ (-ko´don) a triplet of nucleotides in transfer RNA that is complementary to the codon in messenger RNA which specifies the amino acid.
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Anticodon. The three nucleotides (pink) on a transfer RNA bind to a complementary messenger RNA codon.
an·ti·co·don (nt-kdn, nt-)
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A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides in tRNA designating a specific amino acid that binds to a corresponding codon in mRNA during protein synthesis.
anticodon
a triplet of nucleotides in transfer RNA that is complementary to the codon in messenger RNA which specifies the amino acid.
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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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