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intercodon

intercodon adjective: between codons.

Adjective

intercodon (not comparable)

  1. Between codons

Noun

intercodon (plural intercodons)

  1. The sequence of nucleic acid between specific codons
    • Both have (i) slippery sequences (SS) of the form X XXY YYZ (U UUU UUA for HIV-1 and G GGA AAC for PEG10), (ii) different intercodons [26 ] (GGG and UCC respectively), (iii) distinct secondary structures (SStr) (extended stem-loop for HIV-1 and pseudoknot for PEG10), and (iv) the SStr start is...2015 October 9, “HIV-1 and Human PEG10 Frameshift Elements Are Functionally Distinct and Distinguished by Novel Small Molecule Modulators”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of intercodon

pluralintercodons

Origin of intercodon

From inter- + codon.

Questions about intercodon

What does intercodon mean?
Intercodon means between codons.
What part of speech is intercodon?
Intercodon can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near intercodon in the dictionary

  1. intercoalition
  2. intercoastal
  3. intercoastally
  4. intercoccygeal
  5. intercoder
  6. intercodon
  7. intercodons
  8. intercognition
  9. intercohesin
  10. intercohort
  11. intercohortal

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