Genetic Code at Medical Drugs Glossary

What is Genetic Code? The code by which a nucleotide sequence is translated into an amino acid sequence. Each three nucleotide triplet constitutes a codon; the 64 codons correspond to 20 amino acids and to signals for the initiation and termination of transcription.

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