GENETIC CODE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genetic code mean? 

• GENETIC CODE (noun)
  The noun GENETIC CODE has 1 sense:

1. the ordering of nucleotides in DNA molecules that carries the genetic information in living cells

  Familiarity information: GENETIC CODE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENETIC CODE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The ordering of nucleotides in DNA molecules that carries the genetic information in living cells

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("genetic code" is a kind of...):

order; ordering; ordination (logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "genetic code"):

triplet code (the normal version of the genetic code in which a sequence of three nucleotides codes for the synthesis of a specific amino acid)

 Context examples 

A specific sequence of three adjacent bases on a strand of DNA or RNA that provides genetic code information for a particular amino acid.

(Codon, NCI Thesaurus)

These can consist of the information stored in the genetic code, but also experimental results from various sources, patient statistics, and scientific literature.

(Bioinformatics, NCI Thesaurus)

A common change in the genetic code in DNA.

(Genetic Polymorphism, NCI Dictionary)

A single set of chromosomes and their genes; the genetic code for a particular individual.

(Genome, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A mutation that alters the genetic code in a way that causes the premature termination of a protein.

(Nonsense Mutation, NCI Dictionary)

The ordered set of base-pairs that constitute the genetic code in a particular sample of DNA or RNA.

(Genome sequence, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

By the time the mice reach adulthood, however, regions of the genetic code that are targeted by Ascl1 and that are required for regeneration become inaccessible.

(Researchers unlock regenerative potential of cells in the mouse retina, National Institutes of Health)

These methionine-misacylated tRNAs, the researchers showed, were used in translation so that higher levels of methionine were incorporated into new proteins than the genetic code specified.

(Genes Can be Read in Different Ways, NIH, US)

Epigenetic changes affect how genes are turned on and off, or expressed, and thus help regulate how cells in different parts of the body use the same genetic code.

(DNA changes predict longevity, NIH)

A team led by Dr. Floyd E. Romesberg of the Scripps Research Institute aimed to expand the genetic code itself, thereby enabling greater flexibility toward creating new biomaterials.

(Expanding the Genetic Alphabet, NIH)