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anticodon
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a region of tRNA consisting of three bases complementary to the codon of mRNA
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codon
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a group of three sequental nitrogen bases of mRNA molecule
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genetic code
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triplets of nucleotides in mRNA that detemine the sequence of animo acids in protein
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protein synthesis
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the formation of proteins using information coded on DNA and carried by DNA
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start codon
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the codon AUG which engages a ribsome to start translating an mRNA molecule
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stop codon
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causes the ribosome to stop translating mRNA
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translation
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the process of converting the genetic code in RNA into the amino acid sequence that makes up a protein
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