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start codon

noun

Etymology

start (“indicating first, initial”) + codon

Definitions

  1. The codon at which translation of mRNA into protein starts, encoding the first amino acid.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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