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start codon
Startcodon (AUG)
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Dies ist zum Beispiel unmittelbar vor dem Startcodon eines Gens ( d.h. dem Sequenzabschnitt unmittelbar vor einem Leseabschnitt ) der Fall, wo die beiden Stränge getrennt werden müssen, bevor einer der beiden Stränge enzymatisch abgelesen werden kann.
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This is the case, for example, directly before the start codon of a gene ( i.e. the sequence section directly before a reading section ), where both strands have to be separated before one of the two strands can be read enzymatically.
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Offener Leserahmen DNA- oder RNA-Sequenz, welche zwischen einem Startcodon und einem Stop-Codon liegt.
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open reading frame DNA- or RNA-Sequence between a start-codon and a stop-codon.
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Beginnend an Starttriplett oder Startcodon lagern sich Tranfer-Ribonucleinsäuren (t-RNAs) mit spezifisch gebundenen Aminosäuren entsprechend des kopierten genetischen Codes auf der m-RNA nacheinander an das Ribosom an.
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tranfer-Ribonucleic acids (t-RNAs) bind to the ribosome according to the copy of the genetic code on the m-RNA beginning at the startcodon.
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