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What does encode mean?

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  1. (transitive) To convert (plain text) into code.
  2. (transitive, communication) To convert source information into another form.
  3. (biology) To constitute the code necessary for the biosynthesis of a protein by means of a matrix so as to transcribe DNA material.
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Spanish uses word order, rather than noun and pronoun inflection, to encode meaning.
Homeobox genes encode transcription factors involved in many aspects of developmental processes.
These degenerin genes encode ion channels, and mutations in these genes appear to perturb the ionic balance in cells, resulting in their death.
Both transcripts from the mutated allele are thus likely to encode completely nonfunctional GLB1 proteins.
The theory TRC is an illative theory, in the sense that it can encode notions of propositional logic.
Adleman realized that the genetic code can be used, just like the binary code of computer science, to encode mathematical problems.

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