Noun. 1. axon-long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron. axone. nerve fiber, nerve fibre-a threadlike extension of a nerve cell.nerve cell, neuron-a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses. nerve end, nerve ending-the terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse.oun. 1. axon-long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron. axone. nerve fiber, nerve fibre-a threadlike extension of a nerve cell.
The genetic code is a nearly universal language that encodes directions for cells. The language uses DNA nucleotides, arranged in codons of three, to store the blueprints for amino acid chains.
Protein Synthesis 10.1 â 10.16. The genetic code is a code to build proteins, determines amino acid sequence (primary structure) Chromosome - one very long DNA molecule with supporting (histone) proteins. Gene - a section of the DNA molecule that codes for one polypeptide chain. A single chromosome contains thousands of genes. Locus - the particular location on a chromosome where a gene is located 8.11. Allele â different forms of a gene due to mutations 9.3.