initiation codon

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initiation codon

[inish′ē·ā′shən kō′don]

Etymology: L, initium, beginning, caudex, book

the triplet of nucleotides, usually adenine-uracil-guanine (AUG) or, in some cases, guanine-uracil-guanine (GUG), that in eukaryotes and archea code for methionine and in bacteria code for formylmethionine, the first amino acids in all protein sequences. Also called initiator codon, start codon.

initiation

the beginning or introduction rites. In cell biology, the first stage of transcription.

initiation codon

the codon AUG which specifies the first amino acid, methionine, in protein synthesis. Called also initiator.

initiation complex

is formed at the initiation of protein synthesis and includes initiation factors, tRNA, mRNA and the ribosomal subunit.

initiation factors (IF)

a group of proteins that are required for initiation of protein synthesis to occur.

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aminopeptidase deformylase initiation start codon tRNA			This occurs because of a complementarity between a sequence at the 3' end of 16S rRNA and the Shine-Dalgarno (SD) sequence just 5' to the initiation codon (Shine and Dalgarno, 1974; Gualerzi and Pon, 1990). Global analysis of microbial translation initiation regions by Boyle, John A. / Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences A second in-frame initiation codon is at nucleotide position 93-95, in the same position as the start codon of the 10,200 strain. Genetic characterization of the M RNA segment of Crimean Congo ... by Antoniadis, Antonis / Emerging Infectious Diseases Even in the absence of a Shine-Dalgamo homology, for example, translational repression of the aph coding region of a mutant mRNA expressed in Streptomyces lividans is relieved when a short leader is adde d upstream of an extra 5'-terminal initiation codon [10]. 5'-proximal AUG sequences as translation initiation signals on mRNAs ... by Jones III, Robert L. / Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science			inhibition of reflexes inhibition, manual inhibitor inhibitor of apoptosis protein inhibitor of cholinesterase inhibitor, proton pump inhibitory inhibitory enzyme inhibitory fiber inhibitory nerve inhibitory obsession inhibitory postsynaptic potential inimical inio- inion iniopagus inipi INIT initial initial contact stance stage initial lesion initial phase initialize initiating agent initiation initiation codon initiation factor initiation stage initiator initis inject injectable injectable contraceptive injectable silicone injectant injected injection injection cap injection sclerotherapy injection technique injection-site reactions injections, fear of injunction injuring movement injury Injury Severity Scale injury severity score Injury Severity Score (ISS) injury to ear Ink Blot Test inkanga			Initiatief Audiovisuele Kunsten Initiatief Lerarentekort Amsterdam Initiatiefgroep Duurzaam Uitgaand Toerisme initiating initiating initiating initiating agent initiating agent Initiating Device Circuits Initiating Dialysis Early and Late Trial initiating directive Initiating Event Initiating Event Logic Diagram initiating into initiating into initiating into Initiating Tender Floating Process Initiating Zone Expander Initiating, Diagnosing, Establishing, Acting, Learning Initiating, Diagnosing, Establishing, Acting, Leveraging Initiating, Planning, Executing, Controlling and Closing initiation initiation initiation initiation Initiation aux Sciences Informatiques Initiation ceremony Initiation ceremony Initiation ceremony Initiation ceremony initiation codon initiation complex initiation complex initiation complex initiation complex initiation factor initiation factor initiation factor Initiation Factor 1 Initiation Factor 2 Initiation Factor 3 Initiation factors Initiation factors initiation factors (IF) initiation factors (IF) initiation factors (IF) initiation factors (IF) Initiation For Bid initiation of procurement action Initiation rite Initiation rite Initiation rite Initiation rites Initiation rites Initiation rites Initiation ritual Initiation ritual Initiation ritual Initiation ritual initiation stage initiation step

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