Phenomena and Processes

Translational Peptide Chain Termination

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

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

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  • Chain Termination, Peptide, Translational
  • Peptide Chain Termination, Translational
  • Protein Biosynthesis Termination
  • Protein Chain Termination, Translational
  • Protein Translation Termination
  • Translation Termination, Genetic
  • Translation Termination, Protein
  • Translational Termination, Protein
  • Biosynthesis Termination, Protein
  • Genetic Translation Termination
  • Protein Translational Termination
  • Termination, Genetic Translation
  • Termination, Protein Biosynthesis
  • Termination, Protein Translation
  • Termination, Protein Translational

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Indexed with the subheadings drug effects, ethics, genetics, immunology, physiology, radiation effects.

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coordinate with specific peptide; for protein biosynthesis on the ribosome only; for non-ribosomal biosynthesis use PEPTIDE BIOSYNTHESIS, NUCLEIC ACID-INDEPENDENT

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2005(1971)

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  • Peptides/biosynthesis (1966-1970)

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Translational Peptide Chain Termination. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010443. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010443
  2. Translational Peptide Chain Termination. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71241348