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A-Level Biology OCR A

Start Codon Stop Marks Site Translation Describe Meant

Front Describe what is meant by a start codon and a stop codon.
Back Start and stop codons:
  • Start codon marks the site at which translation into protein sequence begins (AUG, codes for methionine)
  • Stop codon marks the site at which translation ends (UGA, UAA, UAG, do not code for an amino acid)

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