anticodon
A
sequence
of three
nucleotides
in the anticodon-loop of a
t
RNA
, which recognizes and binds the complementary triplet
sequence
(
codon
) of the
mRNA
.
Source:
PAC, 1992,
64
, 143
(Glossary for chemists of terms used in biotechnology (IUPAC Recommendations 1992))
on page 146