initiation codon

noun

Definitions

  1. A codon that signals the first amino acid to be used in the synthesis of the polypeptide…

    A codon that signals the first amino acid to be used in the synthesis of the polypeptide chain of a protein; either AUG or GUG

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for initiation codon. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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