anticodon

/ˌæntaɪ-/

IPA: /AE0 N T IY0 K AA1 D AH0 N/

noun
  1. 1

    A sequence of three nucleotides in transfer RNA that binds to the complementary triplet (codon) in messenger RNA to specify an amino acid during protein synthesis.

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