initiation codon

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initiation codon [i‚nish·ē′ā·shən ′kō‚dän]

(genetics)

A codon that signals the first amino acid in a protein sequence; usuallyAUG, but sometimesGUG. Also known as start codon.

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No references found			This occurs because of a complementarity between a sequence at the 3' end of 16S rRNA and the Shine-Dalgarno (SD) sequence just 5' to the initiation codon (Shine and Dalgarno, 1974; Gualerzi and Pon, 1990). Global analysis of microbial translation initiation regions by Boyle, John A. / Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences A second in-frame initiation codon is at nucleotide position 93-95, in the same position as the start codon of the 10,200 strain. Genetic characterization of the M RNA segment of Crimean Congo ... by Antoniadis, Antonis / Emerging Infectious Diseases Even in the absence of a Shine-Dalgamo homology, for example, translational repression of the aph coding region of a mutant mRNA expressed in Streptomyces lividans is relieved when a short leader is adde d upstream of an extra 5'-terminal initiation codon [10]. 5'-proximal AUG sequences as translation initiation signals on mRNAs ... by Jones III, Robert L. / Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science			initial potential initial prestress initial program load initial program load button Initial Program Loader initial rate of absorption initial saturation initial set initial setting time initial shot start pressure initial shrinkage initial stress initial surge voltage initial velocity initial yaw initial-value problem initial-value theorem Initialing initialise initialization string initialization vector initialize initiate initiating agent Initiation initiation codon initiation complex initiation factor initiation step initiative initiator initiator codon initiator ribonucleic acid initiator tRNA Initiators Iniurkollegiia injected injected gas injected hole Injection injection blow molding injection burner injection carburetor injection chimera injection efficiency injection electroluminescence injection fluid injection gas-fluid ratio injection gneiss injection grid Injection Laser			Initiatief Audiovisuele Kunsten Initiatief Lerarentekort Amsterdam Initiatiefgroep Duurzaam Uitgaand Toerisme initiating initiating initiating initiating agent initiating agent Initiating Device Circuits Initiating Dialysis Early and Late Trial initiating directive Initiating Event Initiating Event Logic Diagram initiating into initiating into initiating into Initiating Tender Floating Process Initiating Zone Expander Initiating, Diagnosing, Establishing, Acting, Learning Initiating, Diagnosing, Establishing, Acting, Leveraging Initiating, Planning, Executing, Controlling and Closing initiation initiation initiation initiation Initiation aux Sciences Informatiques Initiation ceremony Initiation ceremony Initiation ceremony Initiation ceremony initiation codon initiation complex initiation complex initiation complex initiation complex initiation factor initiation factor initiation factor Initiation Factor 1 Initiation Factor 2 Initiation Factor 3 Initiation factors Initiation factors initiation factors (IF) initiation factors (IF) initiation factors (IF) initiation factors (IF) Initiation For Bid initiation of procurement action Initiation rite Initiation rite Initiation rite Initiation rite Initiation rites Initiation rites Initiation rites Initiation rites Initiation ritual Initiation ritual Initiation ritual Initiation ritual

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