encode
v.v. to change information into a special code or a different form so it can be stored or sent. In biology, it means how a gene tells a cell to make a specific protein.
v. to convert data or information into a specific code or format. In a biological context, refers to the process by which genetic information in DNA is transcribed into messenger RNA and then translated into a sequence of amino acids.
The software can encode your voice into a digital file.
Scientists use specific enzymes to encode the genetic instructions found in DNA into functional proteins within the cell.
The genetic code is a universal system that allows the information encoded in DNA to be translated into the specific sequence of amino acids that form a protein.
From en- + code.