NALT

Preferred term

stop codon

Topic

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.

codons

amber codon
amber stop codon
opal codon
opal stop codon
termination codon
terminator codon

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

35417

Spanish

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/27635

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 5/15/18