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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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Both transcripts from the mutated allele are thus likely to encode completely nonfunctional GLB1 proteins.
Adleman realized that the genetic code can be used, just like the binary code of computer science, to encode mathematical problems.
The genes that encode these proteins are located immediately downstream of the cos region at the left end of the mature chromosome.
These degenerin genes encode ion channels, and mutations in these genes appear to perturb the ionic balance in cells, resulting in their death.
The theory TRC is an illative theory, in the sense that it can encode notions of propositional logic.
Spanish uses word order, rather than noun and pronoun inflection, to encode meaning.

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