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start codons

start codons is the plural of start codon.

Meaning of start codon

Noun

start codon (plural start codons)

  1. The codon at which translation of mRNA into protein starts, encoding the first amino acid.

Questions about start codons

What is start codons the plural of?
Start codons is the plural of start codon.

Words near start codons in the dictionary

  1. start back in
  2. start back on
  3. Start button
  4. Start buttons
  5. start codon
  6. start codons
  7. start from where you are
  8. start in
  9. start in on
  10. start into
  11. start key

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Adapted from Wiktionary: start codons (page history and authors); start codon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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