Medical Definition of Initiating codon

1. The trinucleotide AUG (or sometimes GUG) that codes for the first amino acid in protein sequences, formylmethionine; the latter is often removed post-transcriptionally. Synonym: start codon. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Initiating Codon

initials
initial cell
initial contact
initial dose
initial haematuria
initial heat
initial offering
initial public offering
initial rate
initial rhyme
initial velocity
initiate
initiated
initiates
initiating
initiating codon (current term)
initiation
initiation
initiations
initiation codon
initiation complex
initiation factor
initiation factors
initiation tRNA
initiative
initiatives
initiator
initiators
initiatory
initis

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