Definition of Trinucleotide

1. Noun. (genetics) a codon containing three nucleotides ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Trinucleotide

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Trinucleotide

1. A combination of three adjacent nucleotides, free or in a polynucleotide or nucleic acid molecule; often used with specific reference to the unit (codon or anticodon) specifying a particular amino acid in expression of the genetic code. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trinucleotide

trinocular
trinodal
trinomen
trinomial
trinomials
trinominal
trinominals
trins
trinuclear
trinucleate
trinucleated
trinucleon
trinucleons
trinucleosome
trinucleosomes
trinucleotide (current term)
trinucleotide repeat
trinucleotide repeat disorder
trinucleotide repeats
trinucleotides
trinucleus
trinxat
trio
trio sonata
trio sonatas
trioctahedral
trioctile
trioculate
triode
triodes

Literary usage of Trinucleotide

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Science, Treatment, and Prevention of Antisocial Behaviorsby Diana H. Fishbein by Diana H. Fishbein (2000)
"trinucleotide (GGN) repeat polymorphism in the human androgen receptor (AR) gene. Human Molecular Genetics, 2, 493. Slotkin, T . A. (1998). ..."

2. Selected Proceedings of the Symposium on Inference for Stochastic Processes by Ishwar V. Basawa, C. C. Heyde, Robert Lee Taylor (2001)
"The mutation arises through expansion at a region of the gene, ie the insertion of extra genetic material in the form of trinucleotide ..."

3. Transposable Elements in Plants: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and Bibliography by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"In the two cases studied, Tc4 insertion resulted in duplication of a TNA trinucleotide target site. The family of Tc4 elements differs from other C. elegans ..."

4. Rice Genetics V by Brar (2007)
"Atotal of 28148 perfect SSRs (13700 dinucleotide SSRs, 11877 trinucleotide SSRs, and 2571 tetranucleotide SSRs) were identified on the TIGR Rice ..."

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