Medical Dictionary
initiation codon
noun ini·ti·a·tion codon \in-ˌish-ē-ˈā-shən-\
Medical Definition of INITIATION CODON
: a codon that stimulates the binding of a transfer RNA which starts protein synthesis—called also initiator codon; compare terminator
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