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Genetic Phenomena > Genetic Structures > Genetic Code > Codon > Codon, Terminator
... > Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides > Nucleic Acids > RNA > RNA, Messenger > Codon > Codon, Terminator
... > Genetic Phenomena > Genetic Structures > Genome > Genome Components > Genes > Gene Components > Codon > Codon, Terminator

Preferred term

Codon, Terminator  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Codons, Stop
  • Codons, Termination
  • Codon, Stop
  • Codon, Termination
  • Stop Codon
  • Stop Codons
  • Stop Signals, Translation
  • Stop Signal, Translation
  • Termination Codon
  • Termination Codons
  • Terminator Codon
  • Translation Stop Signal
  • Translation Stop Signals

Scope note

  • Any codon that signals the termination of genetic translation (TRANSLATION, GENETIC). PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS bind to the stop codon and trigger the hydrolysis of the aminoacyl bond connecting the completed polypeptide to the tRNA. Terminator codons do not specify amino acids.

History note

  • 95

In other languages

  • lopetuskodoni

    Finnish

  • lopetussekvenssi
  • lopetustripletti
  • loppukodoni
  • lopputripletti
  • terminaattorikodoni
  • terminaattoritripletti
  • Stoppkodon

    Swedish

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018388

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