stop codon

English

Noun

stop codon (plural stop codon)

(biology, genetics, biochemistry) a sequence of three RNA nucleotides (A, C, G or U) that instruct the synthesis, or translation, of a protein to stop. The three-letter stop codon sequences have been given names: "UAG" is amber, "UGA" is opal, and "UAA" is ochre.

Synonyms

termination codon

Hypernyms

codon

Translations

codon that instructs protein synthesis to stop

Finnish: lopetuskodoni

Swedish: stoppkodon (sv)

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