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Initiation codon

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Food Biotechnology

The mRNA sequence AUG, coding for methionine, which initiates translation of mRNA.

Susan Allender-Hagedorn and Charles Hagedorn — An Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Annotated Dictionary

See: start codon.

UN Food and Agriculture Organization — Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture