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1. n. a specific sequence of three adjacent nucleotides on a strand of DNA or RNA that specifies the genetic code information for synthesizing a particular amino acid Source: wordnet
2. n:100 n. a specific sequence of three adjacent nucleotides on a strand of DNA or RNA that specifies the genetic code information for synthesizing a particular amino acid Source: ecdict

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acid adjacent amino code DNA genetic information nucleotides particular RNA sequence specific specifies strand synthesizing

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