Peptide Chain Termination, Translational |
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| Chain Termination, Peptide, Translational; Protein Chain Termination, Translational; Translational Peptide Chain Termination | |
| A process of GENETIC TRANSLATION whereby the last amino acid is added to a lengthening polypeptide. This termination is signaled from the MESSENGER RNA, by one of three termination codons (CODON, TERMINATOR) that immediately follows the last amino acid-specifying CODON. | |