Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

intercodon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-ter-codon
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Between codons

noun

The sequence of nucleic acid between specific codons

Example Sentences

"Both have (i) slippery sequences (SS) of the form X XXY YYZ (U UUU UUA for HIV-1 and G GGA AAC for PEG10), (ii) different intercodons [26 ] (GGG and UCC respectively), (iii) distinct secondary structures (SStr) (extended stem-loop for HIV-1 and pseudoknot for PEG10), and (iv) the SStr start is within the intercodon in HIV-1, whereas it is two nucleotides downstream of the intercodon in PEG10. […] The different slippery sequences, intercodons, and downstream secondary structures facilitated a frameshift efficiency that was ~2.5-fold higher for PEG10 than for HIV-1 (Fig 1 )."

Etymology

From inter- + codon.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: inter

Inflected Forms

intercodons (plural)

Questions

What does intercodon mean?: Between codons
Where does intercodon come from?: From inter- + codon.

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