 Codon, Initiator
"Codon, Initiator" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A codon that directs initiation of protein translation (TRANSLATION, GENETIC) by stimulating the binding of initiator tRNA (RNA, TRANSFER, MET). In prokaryotes, the codons AUG or GUG can act as initiators while in eukaryotes, AUG is the only initiator codon.
| Descriptor ID |
D018387
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D13.444.735.544.355.225 G05.360.335.355.225 G05.360.340.024.340.137.190.225
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| Concept/Terms |
Codon, Initiator- Codon, Initiator
- Codons, Initiator
- Initiator Codons
- Initiator Codon
- Start Codon
- Codon, Start
- Codons, Start
- Start Codons
- Codon, Initiation
- Codons, Initiation
- Initiation Codon
- Initiation Codons
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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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