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Codon terminator

Codon, terminator

Any codon that signals the termination of genetic translation (translation, genetic) by triggering the hydrolysis of the aminoacyl bond connecting the completed polypeptide to the trna. Terminator codons (uaa, uag, and uga) do not specify amino acids.


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HW help: RNA question

Erm...as far as i noe...in many codon in RNA also got terminator(rubbish) codon isnt't it? dis is far as i noe bout ur question

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by vergil5203
Thu Sep 21, 2006 5:30 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: HW help: RNA question
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Chemicals influencing transcription rate

... lots of molecular biology methods,such as:optimizing promoter,SD,start codon,distance between SD and ATG,terminator,translation signal and kockouting proteinase of host cell and so on.The components ...

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by seaseasea
Wed Jul 12, 2006 7:23 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Chemicals influencing transcription rate
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Multiple proteins encoded in single operon

I may be wrong but isnt it the stop codon that terminates the protein synthesis and a special terminator region that stops the transcription, like the T7 terminator region.

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by oppox
Fri Jun 09, 2006 10:43 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Multiple proteins encoded in single operon
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