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Definition: Genetic Code |
Genetic CodeNoun1. The ordering of nucleotides in DNA molecules that carries the genetic information in living cells. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | The specifications for how information, stored in nucleic acid sequence (base sequence), is translated into protein sequence (amino acid sequence). The start, stop, and order of amino acids of a protein is specified by consecutive triplets of nucleotides called codons (codon). (references) |
Medicine | The system of correspondence between the nucleotide sequence of an mRNA molecule and the amino acid sequence of the protein it gives rise to. A similar correspondance exists between the mRNA sequence and the DNA sequence of a gene. Each of the 20 amino acids is specified by a different arrangement of three adjacent nucleotides(triplet code). Source: European Union. (references) |
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Crosswords: Genetic Code |
| English words defined with "genetic code": codon ♦ triplet code. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "genetic code": -ga ♦ Genes, Intracisternal A-Particle ♦ Protein Synthesis Inhibitors ♦ Structural Bodywork. (references) |
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 | Scientist is performing an amino acid analysis which is used to look at the detail of cellular molecules. Knowing the genetic code and the way it relates to proteins made by the body are tools to understand cancer cells.Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | Pictured are two scientists in a laboratory setting. They are looking at a highlighted light board. Both are in lab coats. They are reading the genetic code in the DNA pictured.Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |
 | Pictured in this laboratory setting are scientists looking at a lighted slide of proteins and analyzing it. They are wearing lab coats and studying it intently. Knowing how the genetic code relates to the proteins made by the body is an important tool for scientists in their new technology, as they continue to explore the nature of the cancer cell.Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | Deciphering the genetic code of livestock could help researchers reduce the total numbers of live animals needed for studies. At the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center in Clay Center, Nebraska, technician Kristen Katzberg reads DNA sequences. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller.. |
 | Wheat seeds treated with bacteria like those colonized in this petri dish are nearly immune to wheat take-all, a root-destroying fungal disease. The sequencing gel in the background bears the genetic code for bacterial enzymes that synthesize natural antibiotics. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Jack Dykinga.. | ||
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Health | Knowing the genetic code for proteins allows scientists to detect similarities among proteins. (references) | |
The DNA contained the genetic code for one component, called a "G" protein, of a signaling system which is present in many cells, and which is known to be involved in endocrine cell growth and secretion. (references) | ||
The fact that the repetition in the genetic code tends to get longer with each generation explains the phenomenon of "anticipation" in which the disease shows itself earlier and more severely in each generation. (references) | ||
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
genetic code | 43 |
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| Language | Translations for "genetic code"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | genetisk kode. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | genetische code. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | geneettinen koodi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | code génétique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | genetischer Code. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γενετικός κώδικας. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | genetikai kód. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | codice genetico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 遺伝暗号 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | いで"あ""う. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eneticgay odecay código genético. (various references) генетический код. (various references) código genético. (various references) genetisk kod. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-d-e-e-e-g-i-n-o-t" | |
-2 letters: conceited, decocting. | |
-3 letters: genocide, geodetic, occident. | |
-4 letters: codeine, coigned, concede, conceit, congeed, ctenoid, deontic, docetic, ecocide, enticed, genetic, ingoted, noticed. | |
-5 letters: ceding, cenote, codein, coding, coedit, cogent, coigne, coined, congee, coting, deceit, decent, decoct, denote, docent, doting, edenic, encode, endite, entice, geodic, nidget, noetic, notice, teeing, tinged, toeing, tonged. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 65 6E 65 74 69 63 43 6F 64 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01100101 01101110 01100101 01110100 01101001 01100011 00100000 01000011 01101111 01100100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G e n e t i c   C o d e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0065 006E 0065 0074 0069 0063 0043 006F 0064 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)41718071867569237817071 |
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