stop codon

English

Noun

stop codon (plural stop codon)

1. (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
• Japanese: 終止コドン (shūshi-kodon)
• Swedish: stoppkodon (sv)