Termination codon

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Food Biotechnology

Any of three mRNA sequences (UGA, UAG, UAA) that do not code for an amino acid and thus signal the end of protein synthesis. Also known as stop codon. (See Codon.)

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

See: stop codon.

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