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Difference between codon and anticodon.


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  1. Codon is a triplet of nucleotide bases present in mRNA and DNA.
  2. Anti codon is a triplet of nucleotide bases present in tRNA.

Difference between codon and anti codon:

Codon Anti codon
1. Codon is complementary to a triplet of the template strand.1. It is complementary to a codon.
2. Codon consists of a sequence of three Nitrogen bases mRNA and DNA. 2. It consists of three nitrogen basis in tRNA, complementary to the mRNA codon.
3. It determines the sequence of amino acids in a polypeptide3. It brings amino acids to their proper position during translation
4. 5' to 3' direction is for codon.4. 3' to 5' direction is for anticodon

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