As nouns the difference between cistron and codon
is that cistron is sometimes used interchangeably with the word gene, a cistron is the unit of hereditary material (e.g. DNA) that encodes one protein while codon is a sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis, or translation. Three special codons, called "stop codons," signal protein synthesis to terminate.
cistron
English
Noun
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en noun)
Sometimes used interchangeably with the word gene, a cistron is the unit of hereditary material (e.g. DNA) that encodes one protein.
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codon
English
Noun
(
en noun)
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wikipedia codon)
(biochemistry) A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis, or translation. Three special codons, called "stop codons," signal protein synthesis to terminate.
Hyponyms
* anticodon
* stop codon
* start codon
Meronyms
* nucleotide
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