"Codon, Initiator" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A codon that directs initiation of protein translation (TRANSLATION, GENETIC) by stimulating the binding of initiator tRNA (RNA, TRANSFER, MET). In prokaryotes, the codons AUG or GUG can act as initiators while in eukaryotes, AUG is the only initiator codon.
| Descriptor ID |
D018387
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D13.444.735.544.355.225 G05.360.335.355.225 G05.360.340.024.340.137.190.225
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| Concept/Terms |
Codon, Initiator- Codon, Initiator
- Codons, Initiator
- Initiator Codons
- Initiator Codon
- Start Codon
- Codon, Start
- Codons, Start
- Start Codons
- Codon, Initiation
- Codons, Initiation
- Initiation Codon
- Initiation Codons
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Codon, Initiator" by people in Profiles.
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Kim DY, Neely KA, Sassani JW, Vrabec TR, Tantri A, Frost A, Donoso LA. X-linked retinoschisis: novel mutation in the initiation codon of the XLRS1 gene in a large family. Retina. 2006 Oct; 26(8):940-6.
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Frank J, McGrath JA, Poh-Fitzpatrick MB, Hawk JL, Christiano AM. Mutations in the translation initiation codon of the protoporphyrinogen oxidase gene underlie variegate porphyria. Clin Exp Dermatol. 1999 Jul; 24(4):296-301.
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Luzi P, Victoria T, Rafi MA, Wenger DA. Analysis of the 5' flanking region of the human galactocerebrosidase (GALC) gene. Biochem Mol Med. 1997 Dec; 62(2):159-64.