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start codon
start codonn. A codon, AUG in eukaryotes and either GUG or UUG in bacteria, that signals the initiation of translation and the first amino acid in a polypeptide chain. Also called chain initiation codon.Translationsstart codon
start codon[¦stärt ′kō‚dän] (genetics) initiation codon start codon
in·i·ti·a·ting co·donthe trinucleotide AUG (or sometimes GUG) that codes for the first amino acid in protein sequences, formylmethionine; the latter is often removed post-transcriptionally. Synonym(s): start codonstart codonn. A codon, AUG in eukaryotes and either GUG or UUG in bacteria, that signals the initiation of translation and the first amino acid in a polypeptide chain. Also called chain initiation codon.ThesaurusSeecodon |