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Latest revision as of 00:39, 4 March 2011
A three-base sequence—usually AUG—that specifies the first amino acid in a polypeptide.
The codon AUG in mRNA, at which polypeptide synthesis is started. It is recognized by formylmethionyl tRNA in bacteria and by methionyl tRNA in eukaryotes.