| 释义 |
codon|ˈkəʊdɒn|
[f. code v. 1 d + -on.]
The smallest group of nucleotides in a polynucleotide that determines which amino-acid shall be inserted at any given position in a polypeptide chain; it is found experimentally to be a sequence of three consecutive nucleotides.
1963F. H. C. Crick in Progr. in Nucleic Acid Res. I. 166 The Codon. This is a group of bases that code for one amino acid. In simple codes a codon is a fixed number of consecutive bases, e.g., in a ‘triplet’ code it is three consecutive bases, but it is possible to conceive codes in which, for example, some codons consist of two bases and others of three. Again it is not certain that the bases making up a codon are adjacent on the polynucleotide chain. 1966New Scientist 12 May 348/3 The transfer-RNA attaches itself to its own amino acid and, in some fashion, couples it to the right codon on the messenger-RNA inside the ribosome. Ibid. 11 Aug. 322/2 The amino acid molecules do not attach themselves directly to the base-triplets, or codons. |