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encode(genetic biology) |
- Grammar: verb
verb forms: encodes, encoded, encoding - Definition: to specify the creation of specific proteins, using sequences of nucleotides in DNA
- Example:
1. Cellular function is controlled by proteins, which in turn are encoded in DNA.
2. In a string of nucleotides in mRNA, one amino acid is encoded by three nucleotides in sequence.
- Search history: encode <- reproduction
