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Sequence of three nucleotides found in association with mRNA that specifies an amino acid or stop signal during translation.
| Codons are what mRNAs provide to ribosomes to specify the sequence of amino acid incorporation into growing polypeptide chains during translation. |
Codons, particularly sense codons, are recognized specifically by the anticodons associated with aminoacyl tRNAs.